Polyglot Dictionary

Spitzname

/ˈʃpɪtsˌnaːmə/

der noun A2

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

Forms

plural
die Spitznamen

Meaning

  1. nickname

    • Sein Spitzname ist „Tom“.

      His nickname is "Tom".

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Similar words

Name

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

apelido

apelido is the Portuguese word for the same thing — both mean "nickname."

Practice

1 What does Spitzname mean?

2 Fill the gap: Sein ___ ist „Tom“.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches Spitzname?

noun

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