Wilhelm

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Wilhelm

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Borrowed from German Wilhelm. Doublet of William.

proper noun Wilhelms · Wilham

  1. A male given name from German, equivalent to English William. As it happened, also, the particular Friedrichs and Wilhelms whom he meant to see and confer with were out of town, or had moved their habitats, so that he could not easily find them.
  2. A surname from German.

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Closest in meaning: friedrich, williams, william, franz, karl, str, gesellschaft, guillaume, guillermo, institut, ohlsson, strasse, willem, vilhelm, guglielmo, wilhelmus

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@misc{wilhelm_2026,
  title = {Wilhelm},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/wilhelm},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}