Name

See also name, nàme, and ñame

German

Etymology

From Old High German namo, from Proto-Germanic *namô, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁nḗh₃mn̥ (“name”). Compare Dutch naam, English name, West Frisian namme, Danish navn.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈnaːmə/

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Noun

Name m (genitive Namens, plural Namen)

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

Declension

declension of Name

	singular			plural
m gender	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Name	die	Namen
genitive	eines	des	Namens	der	Namen
dative	einem	dem	Namen	den	Namen
accusative	einen	den	Namen	die	Namen

Derived terms

Derived terms

Benutzername Geburtsname im Namen von Mädchenname namens

Namenstag namentlich namhaft Paketname