Pseudonym

See also: pseudonym

German

Etymology

Etymology tree

Ancient Greek ψευδ- (pseud-)bor.

French pseud-

Proto-Indo-European *h₁nómn̥

Proto-Hellenic *ónomə

Ancient Greek ὄνομᾰ (ónomă)

Ancient Greek ὄνυμα (ónuma)

Proto-Indo-European *-os

Proto-Hellenic *-os

Ancient Greek -ος (-os)

Ancient Greek -ώνυμος (-ṓnumos)der.

Ancient Greek -ώνυμον (-ṓnumon)bor.

New Latin -ōnymumlbor.

French -onyme m

French pseudonymebor.

German Pseudonym

Borrowed from French pseudonyme (“fictitious name”, noun), a coinage from pseudo- +‎ -onyme (noun-forming suffix) inspired by the Ancient Greek adjective ψευδώνυμος (pseudṓnumos).

Compare Contemporary Latin pseudōnymum.

Pronunciation

• Audio (Germany (Berlin)):

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• IPA^(key): /psɔɪ̯dɔˈnyːm/
• Hyphenation: Pseu‧do‧nym (phonetic)
• Hyphenation: Pseud‧onym (etymologic)

Noun

Pseudonym n (strong, genitive Pseudonyms, plural Pseudonyme)

1. pseudonym (a fictitious name (more literally, a false name), as those used by writers and movie stars)

   Synonyms: Verschleierungsname, Aliasname

   Antonyms: Orthonym, Realname, Klarname

Declension

Declension of Pseudonym [neuter, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	das	Pseudonym	die	Pseudonyme
genitive	eines	des	Pseudonyms	der	Pseudonyme
dative	einem	dem	Pseudonym	den	Pseudonymen
accusative	ein	das	Pseudonym	die	Pseudonyme

Related terms

• pseudonym (“pseudonymous”, adjective)
• pseudonym (“pseudonymously”, adverb)
• pseudonymisieren (“to pseudonymize”, verb)
• Pseudonymisierung (“pseudonymization”, noun)

See also

• Deckname, Spitzname

Further reading

• “Pseudonym”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache‎^[1] (in German)
• “Pseudonym” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
• “Pseudonym” in Duden online
• Pseudonym on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^de