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Hilbert

Hilbert proper noun: a male given name from the Germanic languages.

Proper noun

Hilbert

  1. (rare) A male given name from the Germanic languages.
    • 'An old family name,' he told his wife, though this was not true at all, his uncle's being thus christened having been an isolated instance of the use of Hilbert. There had been a fashion in the late nineteenth century for Germanic names and his uncle, born in 1902, had caught the tail end of...1987, Barbara Vine, A Fatal Inversion, →ISBN, pages 48–49
  2. A surname originating as a patronymic.

Forms of Hilbert

alternative formHibbard

Origin of Hilbert

From a Middle English given name of Proto-Germanic origin, from Old English hild (“battle”) + beorht (“bright”) (Proto-Germanic *Hildiberhtaz).

Words formed from Hilbert

Phrases with Hilbert

Questions about Hilbert

What does Hilbert mean?
Hilbert means a male given name from the Germanic languages.
What part of speech is Hilbert?
Hilbert is a proper noun.

Words near Hilbert in the dictionary

  1. Hilary term
  2. Hilary terms
  3. Hilary-tide
  4. hilarytide
  5. hilbeh
  6. Hilbert
  7. Hilbert cube
  8. Hilbert cubes
  9. Hilbert curve
  10. Hilbert curves
  11. Hilbert R-tree

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