Given name & surname
Nietzsche
Nietzsche is a surname from German. It is used in English and German.
Original GermanNicolaus
Meaning & origin
How it developed
In German usage, Nietzsche as a surname is a diminutive of Nicolaus.
Nietzsche’s family of names
In German usage, Nietzsche as a surname is a diminutive of Nicolaus. In English usage, Nietzsche as a surname has a related form in Nietsch. In German usage, Nietzsche as a surname has a related form in NIETSCHE.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Nietzsche has relatives in 40 languages. Lines run from its German roots to each of them.
Germanwhere Nietzsche comes from · 8 names
Nicknames & forms 8
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 41
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
- 尼采Chinese, Mandarin
- Ницшеborrowing · Russian
- ניצשעYiddish
- Nít-sơVietnamese
- NitssheUzbek
- Ні́цшеUkrainian
- ኒትሸti, Amharic
- ኒሺti, Amharic
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- นีทเชอThai
- நீட்சேTamil
- NičeSerbo-Croatian
- НичеSerbo-Croatian
- Nīčėsgs
- Ни́цшеRussian
- ਨੀਤਸ਼ੇPunjabi
- نیچهPersian
- Niicheeom
- नीत्शेNepali, Hindi
- नित्चीMarathi
- নিৎসেbpy
- নীৎসেbpy
- നീച്ചMalayalam
- NyčėLithuanian
- NīcšeLatvian
- NīčeLatvian
- 니체Korean
- ニーチェJapanese
- NítseIrish
- נִיטְשֶׁהHebrew
- ΝίτσεGreek
- ნიცშეGeorgian
- NiĉeoEsperanto
- NietzschováCzech
- NietzscheováCzech
- ᏂꮵCherokee
- নিৎশেBengali
- Ні́цшэBelarusian
- NitsşeAzerbaijani
- ՆիցշեArmenian
- نِتْشَةArabic
- نِتْشَهArabic
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