Betlehem

See also: betlehem

Danish

Proper noun

Betlehem

1. Bethlehem (a city in Palestine)

Finnish

Alternative forms

• Beetlehem

Etymology

From Latin Bēthleëm.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbe(ː)tlehem/, [ˈbe̞(ː)t̪l̪e̞ɦe̞m]
• Rhymes: -etlehem
• Syllabification^(key): Bet‧le‧hem
• Hyphenation^(key): Bet‧le‧hem

Proper noun

Betlehem

1. Bethlehem (a city in Palestine)

Declension

Inflection of Betlehem (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)
nominative		Betlehem	—
genitive		Betlehemin	—
partitive		Betlehemiä	—
illative		Betlehemiin	—
		singular	plural
nominative		Betlehem	—
accusative	nom.	Betlehem	—
	gen.	Betlehemin
genitive		Betlehemin	—
partitive		Betlehemiä	—
inessive		Betlehemissä	—
elative		Betlehemistä	—
illative		Betlehemiin	—
adessive		Betlehemillä	—
ablative		Betlehemiltä	—
allative		Betlehemille	—
essive		Betleheminä	—
translative		Betlehemiksi	—
abessive		Betlehemittä	—
instructive		—	—
comitative		See the possessive forms below.

Possessive forms of Betlehem (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)

first-person singular possessor singular plural nominative Betlehemini — accusative nom. Betlehemini — gen. Betlehemini genitive Betlehemini — partitive Betlehemiäni — inessive Betlehemissäni — elative Betlehemistäni — illative Betlehemiini — adessive Betlehemilläni — ablative Betlehemiltäni — allative Betlehemilleni — essive Betleheminäni — translative Betlehemikseni — abessive Betlehemittäni — instructive — — comitative — — second-person singular possessor singular plural nominative Betlehemisi — accusative nom. Betlehemisi — gen. Betlehemisi genitive Betlehemisi — partitive Betlehemiäsi — inessive Betlehemissäsi — elative Betlehemistäsi — illative Betlehemiisi — adessive Betlehemilläsi — ablative Betlehemiltäsi — allative Betlehemillesi — essive Betleheminäsi — translative Betlehemiksesi — abessive Betlehemittäsi — instructive — — comitative — — first-person plural possessor singular plural nominative Betlehemimme — accusative nom. Betlehemimme — gen. Betlehemimme genitive Betlehemimme — partitive Betlehemiämme — inessive Betlehemissämme — elative Betlehemistämme — illative Betlehemiimme — adessive Betlehemillämme — ablative Betlehemiltämme — allative Betlehemillemme — essive Betleheminämme — translative Betlehemiksemme — abessive Betlehemittämme — instructive — — comitative — — second-person plural possessor singular plural nominative Betleheminne — accusative nom. Betleheminne — gen. Betleheminne genitive Betleheminne — partitive Betlehemiänne — inessive Betlehemissänne — elative Betlehemistänne — illative Betlehemiinne — adessive Betlehemillänne — ablative Betlehemiltänne — allative Betlehemillenne — essive Betleheminänne — translative Betlehemiksenne — abessive Betlehemittänne — instructive — — comitative — — third-person possessor singular plural nominative Betleheminsä — accusative nom. Betleheminsä — gen. Betleheminsä genitive Betleheminsä — partitive Betlehemiään Betlehemiänsä — inessive Betlehemissään Betlehemissänsä — elative Betlehemistään Betlehemistänsä — illative Betlehemiinsä — adessive Betlehemillään Betlehemillänsä — ablative Betlehemiltään Betlehemiltänsä — allative Betlehemilleen Betlehemillensä — essive Betleheminään Betleheminänsä — translative Betlehemikseen Betlehemiksensä — abessive Betlehemittään Betlehemittänsä — instructive — — comitative — —

German

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

Betlehem n (proper noun, strong, genitive Betlehems)

1. alternative spelling of Bethlehem

Hungarian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈbɛtlɛhɛm]
• Hyphenation: Bet‧le‧hem
• Rhymes: -ɛm

Proper noun

Betlehem

1. Bethlehem (a city in Palestine)

Declension

Inflection (stem in -e-, front unrounded harmony)

	singular	plural
nominative	Betlehem	—
accusative	Betlehemet	—
dative	Betlehemnek	—
instrumental	Betlehemmel	—
causal-final	Betlehemért	—
translative	Betlehemmé	—
terminative	Betlehemig	—
essive-formal	Betlehemként	—
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	Betlehemben	—
superessive	Betlehemen	—
adessive	Betlehemnél	—
illative	Betlehembe	—
sublative	Betlehemre	—
allative	Betlehemhez	—
elative	Betlehemből	—
delative	Betlehemről	—
ablative	Betlehemtől	—
non-attributive possessive – singular	Betlehemé	—
non-attributive possessive – plural	Betleheméi	—

Possessive forms of Betlehem

possessor	single possession	multiple possessions
1st person sing.	Betlehemem	—
2nd person sing.	Betlehemed	—
3rd person sing.	Betleheme	—
1st person plural	Betlehemünk	—
2nd person plural	Betlehemetek	—
3rd person plural	Betlehemük	—

Derived terms

• betlehem
• betlehemi

Indonesian

Etymology

From Dutch Bethlehem, from Latin Bēthlehēmum, Bēthleëm, from Ancient Greek Βηθλεέμ (Bēthleém), from Hebrew בֵּית לֶחֶם (bet léchem, “house of bread”).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /bɛˈtlehɛm/ [bɛˈt̪le.hɛm]
• Rhymes: -ehɛm
• Syllabification: Be‧tle‧hem

Proper noun

Bètléhèm

1. Bethlehem (a city in the West Bank, Palestine)

Malay

Etymology

Borrowed from English Bethlehem or Dutch Bethlehem, both from Latin Bēthlehēmum or Bēthleëm, from Ancient Greek Βηθλεέμ (Bēthleém), from Hebrew בֵּית לֶחֶם (bet léchem, “house of bread”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /betˈlehem/ [bet̪̚ˈle.hem]
• Hyphenation: Bet‧le‧hem

Proper noun

Bétléhém

1. (usually in Christianity) Bethlehem (a city in the West Bank, Palestine)

   Synonym: Baitullaham

Norwegian Nynorsk

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbeːtləˌhɛm/, /ˈbeːtlɛm/

Proper noun

Betlehem

1. Bethlehem

Serbo-Croatian

Proper noun

Bètlehem m inan (Cyrillic spelling Бѐтлехем)

1. (Croatia) Bethlehem (a city in Palestine)

   Synonym: (Serbia) Vitlejem

Slovak

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /betʎeɦem/, (high register) [ˈbetʎeɦem], (common) [ˈbetleɦem]
• Rhymes: -eɦem
• Hyphenation: Bet‧le‧hem

Proper noun

Betlehem m inan (genitive singular Betlehema, declension pattern of dub)

1. Bethlehem (a city in Palestine)

References

• “Betlehem”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2026

Slovene

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /béːtlɛxɛm/

Proper noun

Bẹ̑tlehem m inan

1. Bethlehem (a city in Palestine)

Declension

The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks.

Masculine inan., hard o-stem
nominative	Bétlehem
genitive	Bétlehema
	singular
nominative (imenovȃlnik)	Bétlehem
genitive (rodȋlnik)	Bétlehema
dative (dajȃlnik)	Bétlehemu
accusative (tožȋlnik)	Bétlehem
locative (mẹ̑stnik)	Bétlehemu
instrumental (orọ̑dnik)	Bétlehemom

Related terms

• Betlehemčan / Betlehemčanka
• betlehemski

Swedish

Proper noun

Betlehem n (genitive Betlehems)

1. Bethlehem (a city in Palestine)