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).

Concepts

name

appellation

title

first name

given name

denomination

forename

last name

family name

designation

proper name

proper noun

reputation

surname

signature

storyboard

surnames

person’s name

your name

person’s character

engrave an inscription

name

name

Sunday name

name

𐑌𐐩𐑋

appellative

bill of sale

Christian name

cognomen

denominations

in the name of

label

🏷️

mark

moniker

noun

place

pretense

pretext

Synonyms

Bezeichnung

Titel

Benennung

Vorname

Ruf

Eigenname

Rufname

Spitzname

Nomen

Proprium

Namen

Bezeichner

Nachname

Taufname

-ns

Onym

Ansehen

Vatername

Aufschrift

🏷️

Autorität

Begriff

Beschriftung

🏷️

Etikett

🏷️

Familienname

Gattungsname

Namens

Personenname

Prestige

Vatersname

Zuname

Bennenung

Translations

nom

nombre

naam

nome

nome

όνομα

ad

nomen

isim

nom

benaming

denominación

Dialects

Basel-Landschaft

namme

Fribourg

name

Zürich

name

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Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈnaːmə/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle High German: name

Inherited from Old High German: namo

Cognate with Dutch: naam

Cognate with Yiddish: נאָמען

Cognate with English: name

Cognate with Western Frisian: namme

Cognate with Danish: navn

Cognate with Swedish: namn

In summary

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

Sentences

Sein Name bedeutet „ Göttin der Freude “.

His name means "goddess of joy".

Sein Name war zu einem Markenzeichen geworden .

His name had become a trademark.

Er ist ursprünglich ein Friesischer Name .

It is originally a Frisian name.

Er ist so ungeschickt in allem , wie es sein englischer Name aussagt .

He is as clumsy in everything as his English name says.

Der Name ist in spanisch sprechenden Kulturen verbreitet .

The name is common in Spanish-speaking cultures.