Polyglot Dictionary

Rufname

/ˈʁuːfˌnaːmə/

der noun C1

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

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

N Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Academic Domain General Tone Neutral

Forms

plural
Rufnamen

Meaning

  1. preferred first name, the name actually used

    • Sein Rufname ist Alex, nicht Alexander.

      His preferred name is Alex, not Alexander.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Similar words

Vorname

Someone with several given names has one Rufname — the one actually used to address them day to day. Vorname is broader: it covers every given name on the birth certificate, called or not.

Practice

1 What does Rufname mean?

2 Fill the gap: Sein ___ ist Alex, nicht Alexander.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches Rufname?

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