Ludwig

Meaning

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

Concepts

Louis

Lewis

Louis I of Spain

Louis of Etruria

Luís I of Portugal

Louis I

Translations

Louis

Luis

Ludovico

Lodewijk

Luís

Ludovicus

Luigi

Lluís

Loís

Ludovic

Λουδοβίκος

Luiz

Lodovico

Dialects

Basel-Landschaft

luudi

Basel-Landschaft

luui

Data provided by: Deutsch-Schweizerdeutsches Wörterbuch

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈluːtvɪç/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle High German: Ludewig

Inherited from Old High German: Ludhuwīg

Cognate with German: laut

Cognate with English: loud

Cognate with Old French: Lodhuuig

Cognate with Latin: Lodhuuic

Cognate with Latin: Hluduicus

Cognate with Dutch: Lodewijk

Cognate with English: Lewis

Cognate with French: Louis

In summary

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

Sein Gründungsdirektor war der Kunsthistoriker Ludwig Heinrich Heydenreich.

Its founding director was the art historian Ludwig Heinrich Heydenreich.