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Malte

Danish short form of the Old German name Helmold.

PronunciationGerman /ˈmal.tə/
Usage languagesDanish, German, North Germanic, Swedish

Meaning and history

Danish short form of the Old German name Helmold. It was used by the Austrian author Rainer Maria Rilke for the title character in his 1910 novel The Notebooks of Malte Laurids Brigge.

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