Waltraud
Waltraud is a German female given name .
Origin and meaning
The name comes from Old High German and means “strong ruler”, but is also translated as “the ruling divine”, “the strong on the battlefield” or simply “the strong”; literally "that to which (on the) battlefield Relying slain" to old Germanic whale , Old Norse. VALR , "the slain on the battlefield" and Truen , trûwen "believe, hope, trust," closely related to loyalty , since Osthoff from the Indo-European. root * dereŭo PRINT "firmly, Tree" derived. The secondary meaning “familiar” only arises in New High German .
name day
variants
- Waltrud, Waudru, Waltraut, Waldtraut (in German)
- Traudl, Traudi, Traute (in Bavarian)
- Waudru (French), Wal [de] trudis (Latin), Thraude (in English)
- Wali, Wal (rare), Walli, Trudy / Trudi, Waldi, Waldl
Name bearers
Waltraud
- Saint Waltraud von Mons (Sainte Waudru) († 688), saint of the Catholic Church
- Waltraud Braun (1918–1987), German dermatologist
- Waltraut Haas (* 1927), Austrian actress and singer
- Waltraud Klasnic (* 1945), Austrian politician
- Waltraud Lehn (* 1947), German politician (SPD)
- Waltraud Meier (* 1956), German opera singer
- Waltraud Anna Mitgutsch (* 1948), Austrian writer
- Waltraud Neuwirth (* 1941), Austrian art historian
- Waltraud Nowarra (1940-2007), German chess player
- Waltraud Rohrer (* 1961), Austrian politician (SPÖ) and works councilor
- Waltraud Schoppe (* 1942), German politician
- Waltraud Wende (* 1957), German Germanist, cultural and media scientist
- Waltraud Wolff (* 1956), German politician (SPD)
Waltraut
- Waltraut Bleiber (* 1926), German historian
- Waltraut Cooper (* 1937), Austrian artist
- Waltraut Rubien (1927–2017), German educator
- Waltraut Haas (* 1927), Austrian actress and singer
- Waltraut Kramm (* 1931), German actress
- Waltraut Kruse (1925–2019), German psychotherapist and local politician (CDU)
- Waltraut Seitter (1930–2007), German astronomer
- Waltraut Skoddow (1942–2014), German writer
Other variants
- Waltrud Viehböck (1937–2014), German-Austrian pharmacist and sculptor
- Waltrude Schleyer (1916–2008), German physiotherapist, wife of Hanns Martin Schleyer
- Waldtraut von Bohlen and Halbach (1920–2005), member of the Krupp family
- Waldtraut Lewin (1937–2017), German writer, dramaturge and director
- Waldtraut Schrickel (1920–2009), German prehistorian
Fictional people
- Waltraute is a character in Richard Wagner's operas Die Walküre and Götterdämmerung
- Waltraud is the nickname of the character of the gay Walters in the movie The Moving Man
- Waltraud is one of the stage characters Waltraud and Mariechen , played by Martin Rassau
Others
- Waldtraut vom Mühlwald , with 65.614 m (2013) the highest tree in Germany, Douglas fir in Freiburg-Günterstal , see Arboretum Freiburg-Günterstal
See also
Individual evidence
- ↑ Whale. In: Jacob Grimm , Wilhelm Grimm (Hrsg.): German dictionary . tape 27 : W – way [twittering] -zwiesel - (XIII). S. Hirzel, Leipzig 1922 ( woerterbuchnetz.de ).
- ↑ Trust. In: Jacob Grimm , Wilhelm Grimm (Hrsg.): German dictionary . tape 21 : T – Treftig - (XI, 1st section, part 1). S. Hirzel, Leipzig 1935 ( woerterbuchnetz.de ).
- ↑ trust. In: Jacob Grimm , Wilhelm Grimm (Hrsg.): German dictionary . tape 25 : V – Verzwunzen - (XII, 1st division). S. Hirzel, Leipzig 1956 ( woerterbuchnetz.de ).