Erwin

English

Proper noun

Erwin

1. A male given name from the Germanic languages, of rare usage, variant of Irwin.
2. A surname.
3. An unincorporated community in Posey County, Indiana, United States.
4. A town in Steuben County, New York, United States.
5. A town in Harnett County, North Carolina, United States.
6. A small town in Kingsbury County, South Dakota, United States.
7. A town, the county seat of Unicoi County, Tennessee, United States. From a misspelling of Ervin by the Post Office.

Anagrams

• Winer, rewin, winer, wrine

German

Etymology

From Old High German heri (“army”) + wini (“friend”). Taken to regular use from the play Erwin und Elmire (1775) by Goethe.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɛʀvɪn/, [ˈɛɐ̯vɪn]

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Proper noun

Erwin m (proper noun, strong, genitive Erwins, plural Erwine or Erwins or (with an article) Erwin)

1. a male given name, popular during the first half of the 20th century

Declension

Declension of Erwin [masculine, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Erwin	die	Erwine, Erwins
genitive	eines	des	Erwins	der	Erwine, Erwins
dative	einem	dem	Erwin	den	Erwinen, Erwins
accusative	einen	den	Erwin	die	Erwine, Erwins