Definition
A personal name given at birth and normally placed before the family name.
Translations
- English
- first name
- Français
- prénom
- Türkçe
- ad
- Polski
- imię
- Русский
- имя
- Українська
- ім’я
GERMAN DICTIONARY
der Vorname
- A1
- Noun
- Personal Information
first name
/deːɐ̯ ˈfoːɐ̯ˌnaːmə/
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
- Vornamen
- Part of speech
- Noun
- CEFR level
- A1
- Morphology
- Compound
- Topics
- Personal InformationPrimary
Usage examples
Examples showing real usage and grammatical forms.
- Mein Vorname ist Anna.NominativSing.My first name is Anna.
- Wie lautet Ihr Vorname?NominativSing.What is your first name?
- Bitte schreiben Sie Ihren Vornamen hier.AkkusativSing.Please write your first name here.
- Die Schreibweise des Vornamens ist richtig.GenitivSing.The spelling of the first name is correct.
- Viele Vornamen sind international.NominativPlur.Many first names are international.
- Die Liste enthält alle Vornamen.AkkusativPlur.The list contains all the first names.
- Bei gleichen Vornamen prüfen wir den Familiennamen.DativPlur.When first names are the same, we check the surname.
Pronunciation and forms
Pronunciation and audio for the lemma and important forms.
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Lemma
Vorname/ˈfoːɐ̯ˌnaːmə/
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Article phrase
der Vorname/deːɐ̯ ˈfoːɐ̯ˌnaːmə/
Declension / Forms
How the noun changes across German cases and singular or plural.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominativ | der Vorname | die Vornamen |
| Akkusativ | den Vornamen | die Vornamen |
| Dativ | dem Vornamen | den Vornamen |
| Genitiv | des Vornamens | der Vornamen |
Usage and collocations
Typical constructions, prepositions and word combinations.
- Sentence patternWie lautet der Vorname?
- Sentence patternVorname und Familienname
Semantic relations
How this meaning relates to other meanings and easily confused words.
- Broader termName — name
Word formation and word family
How the word is formed and its reviewed lexical family.
Formation typeCompound
- VorModifier
- NameHead