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Petersen

Petersen proper noun: a surname from Danish.

Proper noun

Petersen (plural Petersens)

  1. A surname from Danish.

Forms of Petersen

pluralPetersens

Origin of Petersen

From Danish Petersen or, less often, from Norwegian Petersen.

Words formed from Petersen

Phrases with Petersen

Questions about Petersen

What does Petersen mean?
Petersen means a surname from Danish.
What part of speech is Petersen?
Petersen is a proper noun.

Words near Petersen in the dictionary

  1. Petersburger
  2. Petersburgers
  3. Petersburgh
  4. Petersburgian
  5. Petersburgians
  6. Petersen
  7. Petersen graph
  8. Petersen graphs
  9. Petersen's theorem
  10. Petersen-Morley theorem
  11. Petersens

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