Definition
A word or group of words used to identify a person, place, or thing.
Translations
- English
- name
- Français
- nom
- Türkçe
- ad
- Polski
- imię lub nazwa
- Русский
- имя или название
- Українська
- ім’я або назва
GERMAN DICTIONARY
der Name
- A1
- Noun
- Personal Information
name
/deːɐ̯ ˈnaːmə/
Meaning and translations
Meaning, definition and translations of this sense.
Grammar & classification
Main grammatical and classification properties of the word.
- Article
- der
- Gender
- Masculine
- Plural
- Namen
- Part of speech
- Noun
- CEFR level
- A1
- Morphology
- Simple word
- Topics
- Personal InformationPrimary
Usage examples
Examples showing real usage and grammatical forms.
- Wie ist dein Name?NominativSing.What is your name?
- Mein Name steht auf der Liste.NominativSing.My name is on the list.
- Bitte nennen Sie Ihren Namen.AkkusativSing.Please state your name.
- Ich frage ihn nach seinem Namen.DativSing.I ask him his name.
- Die Schreibweise des Namens ist richtig.GenitivSing.The spelling of the name is correct.
- Viele Namen klingen ähnlich.NominativPlur.Many names sound similar.
- Unter diesen Namen finde ich die Firma nicht.DativPlur.I cannot find the company under these names.
- Die Bedeutung der Namen ist nicht immer klar.GenitivPlur.The meaning of the names is not always clear.
Pronunciation and forms
Pronunciation and audio for the lemma and important forms.
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Lemma
Name/ˈnaːmə/
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Article phrase
der Name/deːɐ̯ ˈnaːmə/
Declension / Forms
How the noun changes across German cases and singular or plural.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominativ | der Name | die Namen |
| Akkusativ | den Namen | die Namen |
| Dativ | dem Namen | den Namen |
| Genitiv | des Namens | der Namen |
Usage and collocations
Typical constructions, prepositions and word combinations.
- Sentence patternder Name von …
Semantic relations
How this meaning relates to other meanings and easily confused words.
- Narrower termVorname — first name
- Narrower termFamilienname — surname
Word formation and word family
How the word is formed and its reviewed lexical family.
Formation typeSimple word