Name

Name

See also: Appendix:Variations of "name"

Alemannic German

Alternative forms

Etymology

    From Middle High German name, from Old High German namo, from Proto-West Germanic *namō. Cognate with German Name, Dutch naam, Low German Naam, Yiddish נאָמען (nomen), English name, West Frisian namme, Danish navn, Swedish namn, Icelandic nafn.

    Noun

    Name m (plural Näme, diminutive Nämeli n)

    1. name
    2. (Nämeli) name tag

    Further reading

    German

    Alternative forms

    • Nahme (obsolete)
    • Nahmen (plural Nahmen or Nähmen, obsolete)
    • Namen (plural Namen or Nämen)

    Etymology

    From Middle High German name, from Old High German namo, from Proto-West Germanic *namō. Cognate with Dutch naam, Low German Naam, Alemannic German Name, Yiddish נאָמען (nomen), English name, West Frisian namme, Danish navn, Swedish namn.

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /ˈnaːmə/
    • Audio:(file)
    • Audio (Germany (Berlin)):(file)
    • Homophone: Nahme

    Noun

    Name m (weak, genitive Namens, plural Namen)

    1. name (forename, Christian name, given name)
    2. name (surname, family name)
    3. name (full name)
    4. (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

    Derived terms

    Further reading

    • Name”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache[1] (in German)
    • Name” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
    • Name on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia de
    • Name” in Duden online

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