Lallname

German

Etymology

From lallen (“babble, prattle”) +‎ Name (“name”). A technical term in onomatology, first coined in 1896 (for ancient Greek) by Paul Kretschmer, Einleitung in die Geschichte der Griechischen Sprache, p. 334. Used for German names by A. Socin, Mittelhochdeutsches Namenbuch (1903).

Noun

Lallname m (weak, genitive Lallnamens, plural Lallnamen)

1. (onomastics) a hypocoristic form of a given name which is phonologically simplified in child language but enters adult use. Especially in ancient names of Asia Minor (in Anatolian languages such as Phrygian, Luwian, Hittite), but also used for other languages.

Declension

Declension of Lallname [masculine, weak]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Lallname	die	Lallnamen
genitive	eines	des	Lallnamens	der	Lallnamen
dative	einem	dem	Lallnamen	den	Lallnamen
accusative	einen	den	Lallnamen	die	Lallnamen