David (German given name)
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David is a common German masculine given name of Hebrew origin, widely used in German-speaking countries and shared across many European languages.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| David (German given name) canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4379047 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: David (German given name) Context triple: [Dávid, isCognateWith, David (German given name)]
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A.
Gerhard
Gerhard is a masculine given name of German origin, historically common in German-speaking countries.
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B.
George (given name)
George is a common masculine given name of Greek origin, widely used in many languages and cultures and historically associated with figures such as Saint George and numerous kings.
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C.
Johann
Johann is a given name of Germanic origin commonly used in German-speaking and other European countries.
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D.
Georg
Georg is the given first name of the renowned German mathematician Bernhard Riemann.
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E.
Wilhelm
Wilhelm is a Germanic given name, equivalent to William, historically borne by numerous European nobles, rulers, and notable figures.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: David (German given name) Target entity description: David is a common German masculine given name of Hebrew origin, widely used in German-speaking countries and shared across many European languages.
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A.
Gerhard
Gerhard is a masculine given name of German origin, historically common in German-speaking countries.
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B.
George (given name)
George is a common masculine given name of Greek origin, widely used in many languages and cultures and historically associated with figures such as Saint George and numerous kings.
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C.
Johann
Johann is a given name of Germanic origin commonly used in German-speaking and other European countries.
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D.
Georg
Georg is the given first name of the renowned German mathematician Bernhard Riemann.
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E.
Wilhelm
Wilhelm is a Germanic given name, equivalent to William, historically borne by numerous European nobles, rulers, and notable figures.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
German given name
ⓘ
given name ⓘ masculine given name ⓘ |
| associatedReligion |
Christianity
ⓘ
Islam ⓘ Judaism ⓘ |
| category |
German masculine given names
ⓘ
Masculine given names of Hebrew origin ⓘ |
| cognateWith |
Davide (Italian given name)
ⓘ
Davide (Portuguese variant) ⓘ Dawid (Polish given name) ⓘ
linked to:
Dawid (Polish)
Dávid (Hungarian given name) ⓘ
linked to:
Dávid (Slovak)
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| etymologicalRoot | Biblical Hebrew name David ⓘ |
| gender | masculine ⓘ |
| hasVariant |
Davide
ⓘ
linked to:
Davide (Italian)
Davíd ⓘ
linked to:
Dávid
Dawid ⓘ Dávid ⓘ |
| languageOfUse |
Czech
ⓘ
Danish ⓘ Dutch ⓘ English ⓘ French ⓘ German ⓘ Hebrew ⓘ Hungarian ⓘ Italian ⓘ Norwegian ⓘ Polish ⓘ Portuguese ⓘ Romanian ⓘ Russian ⓘ Slovak ⓘ Spanish ⓘ Swedish ⓘ Ukrainian ⓘ |
| meaning |
beloved
ⓘ
uncle ⓘ |
| namedAfter | King David ⓘ |
| nameDay | 29 December (in some Christian traditions) ⓘ |
| origin | Hebrew ⓘ |
| popularity | common in German-speaking countries ⓘ |
| script | Latin ⓘ |
| shortFormOf | none (independent name) ⓘ |
| usageRegion |
Austria
ⓘ
Germany ⓘ Liechtenstein ⓘ Luxembourg ⓘ Switzerland ⓘ |
| writingSystem | Latin alphabet ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: David (German given name) Description of subject: David is a common German masculine given name of Hebrew origin, widely used in German-speaking countries and shared across many European languages.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.