Dagmar

[dag-mahr]

noun

1. a female given name: from Danish, meaning “day” and “glory.”

Example Sentences

But as Dagmar Rösler, head of the Swiss teachers' association, told Swiss media, "We can't do all our classes in the swimming pool – we've got things we need to teach."

From BBC

Poland-based filmmaker Magnus von Horn tells the story of Danish baby killer Dagmar Overbye through the eyes of a desperate mother.

From Los Angeles Times

But when he was approached to direct a film about Dagmar Overbye, a Danish woman who killed at least nine babies in the 1910s, he reconsidered, centering “The Girl With the Needle” on a desperate mother seeking adoption services rather than on the killer herself.

From Los Angeles Times

“I think most people in Denmark know about Dagmar and the true crime that inspired us to write about this. But no one outside Denmark,” Von Horn says.

From Los Angeles Times

The real-life story of Dagmar Overbye, one of Denmark’s most notorious serial killers, is dramatized in this nightmarish tale of desperate women and infanticide.

From Los Angeles Times