Josef

• Jozef

From Latin Iōsēphus, from Ancient Greek Ἰωσήφ (Iōsḗph), from Hebrew יוֹסֵף‎ (“(God) shall add”). Doublet of Albanian Jozef (“Joseph”).

• IPA^(key): /joːsɛf/, /joːsəf/

Josef m (definite Josefi)

1. Joseph, son of Jacob (Biblical character)
2. Joseph, father of Jesus of Nazareth (Biblical character)
3. a male given name, equivalent to English Joseph
4. christian equivalent of muslim name Jusuf (“Joseph”)

• Jozë (diminutive)
• Joza (patronym)
• Zef (diminutive)
• Zefi (patronym)
• Zefaj (patronym)

• Jusuf
• Jusufi (patronym)
• Jusufaj (patronym)
• Jozefinë f

Borrowed from Biblical Hebrew יוֹסֵף‎ (Yoséf, literally “(God) shall add”).

• IPA^(key): [ˈjozɛf]

Josef m

1. a male given name from Hebrew, equivalent to English Joseph

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Josef

1. (biblical) Joseph.
2. a male given name from Hebrew, equivalent to English Joseph

• feminine forms: Josefine, Josephine

• Joseph

Latin Josephus and/or Ancient Greek Ἰωσήφ (Iōsḗph)

• IPA^(key): /ˈjoːzɛf/, /ˈjoːzəf/, /ˈjoːˌzeːf/ (roughly in this order of frequency)

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Josef m (proper noun, strong, genitive Josefs)

1. (biblical) Joseph
2. a male given name from Hebrew, equivalent to English Joseph

• (pet forms) Jupp (western German); Pepi, Sepp, Seppel (Seppl) (southern German)
• (feminine) Josefine, Josephine

Josef

1. (biblical) Joseph.
2. a male given name from Hebrew, equivalent to English Joseph

• feminine forms: Josefine

Josef c (genitive Josefs)

1. (biblical) Joseph.
2. a male given name from Hebrew, equivalent to English Joseph

• feminine forms: Josefin, Josefina, Josefine
• surnames: Josefsson

From Middle English Ioseph.

Josef

1. a male given name, equivalent to English Joseph

• Jacob Poole (1867), William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, page 49