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{{also|margaréta|Margaréta}}

==German==

===Etymology===
Latinate variant of {{m|de|Margarete||[[Margaret]]}}.

===Proper noun===
{{head|de|proper noun}}

# {{given name|de|female}}

==Norwegian==

===Proper noun===
{{head|no|proper noun}}

# {{given name|no|female|eq=Margaret}}, rare in this official form

====Related terms====
* {{l|no|Grete}}, {{l|no|Grethe}}, {{l|no|Margaret}}, {{l|no|Margareth}}, {{l|no|Margrethe}}, {{l|no|Margit}}, {{l|no|Marit}}, {{l|no|Marita}}, {{l|no|Marte}}, {{l|no|Marthe}}, {{l|no|Merete}}, {{l|no|Merethe}}, {{l|no|Mette}}, {{l|no|Rita}}.

==Romanian==

===Etymology===
From {{m|ro|margaretă}}.

===Pronunciation===
* {{audio|ro|LL-Q7913 (ron)-KlaudiuMihaila-Margareta.wav}}

===Proper noun===
{{ro-name|m}}

# {{surname|ro|from=matronymics}}

==Swedish==

===Alternative forms===
* {{alt|sv|Margaretha}}

===Etymology===
From {{der|sv|la|Margarita}}, from {{der|sv|grc|μαργαρίτης||pearl}}. First recorded in Sweden around 1100. Cognate with {{cog|en|Margaret}}.

===Pronunciation===
* {{IPA|sv|/marɡa²reːta/}}
* {{audio|sv|LL-Q9027 (swe)-Moonhouse-Margareta.wav}}

===Proper noun===
{{sv-proper noun|c}}

# {{given name|sv|female}}
#* {{quote-book|sv|year=1997|author=w:Majgull Axelsson|title=Aprilhäxan|page=160|publisher=Pan|year_published=2006|isbn=9172633298
|passage="Birgitta, '''Margareta''' och Christina", sa barnavårdstanten och skrattade ett kacklande litet besökarskratt. "Nu fattas det bara en liten Desirée för att det ska bli precis som på Haga slott..."}}

====Usage notes====
* Popular in the middle of the 20th century, particularly as a [[middle name]].

====Related terms====
* {{l|sv|Greta}}, {{l|sv|Margit}}, {{l|sv|Margot}}, {{l|sv|Margret}}, {{l|sv|Marit}}, {{l|sv|Marita}}, {{l|sv|Merit}}, {{l|sv|Märit}}, {{l|sv|Märta}}

===References===
* Roland Otterbjörk: Svenska förnamn, Almqvist & Wiksell 1996, {{ISBN|91-21-10937-0}}
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20100328044612/http://www.scb.se/Pages/NameSearch____259432.aspx] Statistiska centralbyrån and Sture Allén, Staffan Wåhlin, ''Förnamnsboken'', Norstedts 1995, {{ISBN|9119551622}}: 251 020 females with the given name Margareta living in Sweden on December 31st, 2010, with the frequency peak in the 1940s. Accessed on 19 June 2011.