Name

/ˈnaːmə/

der noun A1

der (masc.) die (fem.) das (neut.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

N Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Core Domain General Tone Neutral
Word fingerprint: Register: neutral. Era: current. Frequency: core. Domain: general. Connotation: neutral.

Forms

plural
die Namen
genitive
des Namens

Meaning

  1. name

    • Wie ist dein Name?

      What is your name?

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual
Meaning fingerprint: Category: thing. Concreteness: concrete. Animacy: inanimate. Countability: countable. Scope: individual.

Similar words

Spitzname

A Spitzname (nickname) is informal and given by others. Name is the formal, official one — the pair that Vorname and Nachname together make up.

Similar in other languages

Portuguese

nome

nome is the Portuguese word for the same thing — both mean "name."

Practice

1 What does Name mean?

2 Fill the gap: Wie ist dein ___?

3 Which fingerprint chart matches Name?

nouncore-vocabulary

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