Name
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See also: Appendix:Variations of "name"
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Middle High German name, from Old High German namo, from Proto-West Germanic *namō. Cognate with Dutch naam, Yiddish נאָמען (nomen), English name, West Frisian namme, Danish navn, Swedish namn.
Pronunciation
Noun
Name m (weak, genitive Namens, plural Namen)
- name (forename, Christian name, given name)
- name (surname, family name)
- name (full name)
- 1931, Arthur Schnitzler, Flucht in die Finsternis, S. Fischer Verlag, page 51:
- Und da er keinen Grund hatte, ihr seinen Namen zu verhehlen, so stellte er sich in aller Form vor.
- And because he had no reason to conceal his name from her, he introduced himself in all due form.
- (grammar, in compounds) noun, examples include Eigenname (proper noun), Sammelname (collective noun) and Gattungsname (appellative or common noun). Note: Compounds which aren't hyponyms of substantive are rare and obsolete, like Hauptname or Dingname (substantive noun), Beiname (adjective noun), Fürname (pronoun).
Declension
Declension of Name [masculine, weak]
Derived terms
- Alltagsname
- Beiname
- Benutzername
- Bergname
- Berufsname
- Buchstabenname
- Dateiname
- Deckname
- Doppelname
- Ehrenname
- Eigenname
- Ekelname
- Erstname
- Erstvorname
- Familienname
- Firmenname
- Flurname
- Flussname
- Frauenname
- Gattungsname
- Gebirgsname
- Geburtsname
- Gewässername
- Göttername
- Handelsname
- Häusername
- Hausname
- Hofname
- im Namen von
- Kampfname
- Klarname
- Kosename
- Künstlername
- Kurzname
- Lallname
- Ländername
- Landesname
- Mädchenname
- Männername
- Markenname
- mein Name ist Hase
- Mineralname
- Mittelname
- Modename
- Monatsname
- Nachname
- Namenberatung
- Namenforscher
- Namenforschung
- Namenkunde
- namenlos
- namenreich
- namens
- Namensaktie
- Namensforscher
- Namensgebung
- Namensgut
- Namensliste
- Namensraum
- Namensrecht
- Namenstabu
- Namenstag
- Namensträger
- Namensvetter
- Namensvorschlag
- namentlich
- namhaft
- nämlich
- Neckname
- Notname
- Ökelname
- Ordensname
- Ortsname
- Paketname
- Papstname
- Personenname
- Pflanzenname
- Produktname
- Realname
- Rufname
- Runenname
- Satzname
- Scherzname
- Schiffsname
- Schimpfname
- Sippenname
- Spitzname
- Spottname
- Sprachname
- Staatsname
- Städtename
- Stadtname
- Stammesname
- Straßenname
- Tarnname
- Tiername
- Trivialname
- Übername
- Vatersname
- Vereinsname
- Vorname
- Wohnstättenname
- Zuname
- Zweitname
Further reading
- “Name” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “Name” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
Name on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia de- “Name” in Duden online
Anagrams
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