Ludwig

Meaning

a male given name, feminine equivalent Luise, Luisa, Louise, or Louisa; variant forms Lutz, Luis, Louis

Concepts

Louis

Lewis

Luís I of Portugal

Louis I

Louis I of Spain

Louis of Etruria

Gender

♂️ Masculine

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈluːtvɪç/

Etymology

From Middle High German Ludewig, from Old High German Ludhuwīg, Hludwig, *Hlūtwīg, from Proto-West Germanic *Hlūdawīg. The first element is (h)lūt (“famed; loud”) (whence modern German laut), from Proto-Germanic *hlūdaz, *hlūþaz (whence also English loud), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱlew- (“to hear”). The second element is Old High German wīg (“battle, strife”) from Proto-Germanic *wīgą.
The name is attested as Ludhuwīg in the Straßburger Eide of 842 (where it contrasts with Old French Lodhuuig and Latin Lodhuuic), and as Hludwig in the Rhine Franconian Old High German of the Ludwigslied of 881 (where it contrasts with Latin Hluduicus). Compare Clovis, Dutch Lodewijk, English Lewis, and French Louis.

Sentences

Friedrich Ludwig Zacharias Werner war der einzige Dramatiker der Romantischen Schule , der Bühnenerfolge errang .

Friedrich Ludwig Zacharias Werner was the only playwright of the Romantic School who achieved stage success.