Name

Meaning

  1. (masculine,weak) name (forename, Christian name, given name)
  2. (masculine,weak) name (surname, family name)
  3. (masculine,weak) name (full name)
  4. (in-compounds,masculine,weak) 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).

Frequency

A1
Gender
♂️ Masculine
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈnaːmə/
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.

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