Oskar
Scandinavian male name
Oskar is a masculine given name, the German and Scandinavian spelling of Oscar.
It appears throughout Northern and Central Europe: Oskar Schindler, Oskar Kokoschka.
The spelling signals Germanic rather than English or Irish heritage.
Of Teutonic language stock
- ScandinavianOf Denmark, Norway, Sweden
- NordicOf northern Europe
- GermanCentral European language
- AustrianFrom the Alpine republic
Swedish · Danish · Norwegian · Polish · Czech · masculine · namesake · naming
Holocaust rescuer, German businessman
- HolocaustNazi genocide of Jews
- rescueSave from harm
- JewsFollowers of Judaism
- listSequence of recorded items
factory · Kraków · Nazi · heroism · enamelware · Stern · righteous · Germany
Nature, symbol, or role
- protagonistStory's central figure
- fictionImagined narrative work
- novelNew and unusual
- narratorOne who tells events
antihero · bildungsroman · symbolism · German literature · postwar · modernist · unreliable · storytelling
Baltic seaport's German name
- drummingPercussive rhythm-making
- screamingLoud, shrill vocalizing
- glassTransparent solid from sand
- dwarfismGenetic shortness condition
German cinema · novel · allegory · surrealism · grotesque · childhood · Nazi era · Palme d'Or
Germanic
Of Teutonic language stock
- ScandinavianOf Denmark, Norway, Sweden
- NordicOf northern Europe
- GermanCentral European language
Austrian · Swedish · Danish · Norwegian · Polish · Czech · masculine · namesake · naming · baptism
Schindler
Holocaust rescuer, German businessman
list · factory · Kraków · Nazi · heroism · enamelware · Stern · righteous · Germany · Poland
character
Nature, symbol, or role
- protagonistStory's central figure
- fictionImagined narrative work
- novelNew and unusual
narrator · antihero · bildungsroman · symbolism · German literature · postwar · modernist · unreliable · storytelling · allegory
Danzig
Baltic seaport's German name
dwarfism · German cinema · novel · allegory · surrealism · grotesque · childhood · Nazi era · Palme d'Or · protest