נאָמען

Yiddish

Etymology

From Middle High German name, from Old High German namo, from Proto-West Germanic *namō, from Proto-Germanic *namô, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁nómn̥ (“name”). Compare German Name, Namen, Dutch naam, German Low German Naam, English name, West Frisian namme, Danish, Norwegian Bokmål navn, Norwegian Nynorsk, Swedish namn.

Pronunciation

• (YIVO) IPA^(key): /ˈnɔmən/
• (Mideastern) IPA^(key): /ˈnuːmən/
• (Southeastern) IPA^(key): /ˈnumən/

Noun

נאָמען • (nomen) m, plural נעמען (nemen) or נעמענער (nemener)

1. name

Derived terms

• משפּחה־נאָמען (mishpokhe-nomen)