"Name" meaning in German

See Name in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ˈnaːmə/ Audio: De-Name.OGG , De-Name2.ogg
Etymology: From Middle High German name, from Old High German namo, from Proto-West Germanic *namō. Cognate with Dutch naam, Low German Naam, Yiddish נאָמען (nomen), English name, West Frisian namme, Danish navn, Swedish namn. Etymology templates: {{dercat|de|gem-pro|ine-pro|inh=2}}, {{inh|de|gmh|name}} Middle High German name, {{inh|de|goh|namo}} Old High German namo, {{inh|de|gmw-pro|*namō}} Proto-West Germanic *namō, {{cog|nl|naam}} Dutch naam, {{cog|nds|Naam}} Low German Naam, {{cog|yi|נאָמען}} Yiddish נאָמען (nomen), {{cog|en|name}} English name, {{cog|fy|namme}} West Frisian namme, {{cog|da|navn}} Danish navn, {{cog|sv|namn}} Swedish namn Head templates: {{de-noun|m,ns.weak}} Name m (weak, genitive Namens, plural Namen) Inflection templates: {{de-ndecl|m,ns.weak}} Forms: Namens [genitive], Namen [plural], weak [table-tags], Name [nominative, singular], Namen [definite, nominative, plural], Namens [genitive, singular], Namen [definite, genitive, plural], Namen [dative, singular], Namen [dative, definite, plural], Namen [accusative, singular], Namen [accusative, definite, plural], Nahme [alternative, obsolete], Nahmen [alternative], Namen [alternative]
  1. name (forename, Christian name, given name) Tags: masculine, weak
    Sense id: en-Name-de-noun-UuvWJCC4
  2. name (surname, family name) Tags: masculine, weak
    Sense id: en-Name-de-noun-X0Dkb3sq
  3. name (full name) Tags: masculine, weak
    Sense id: en-Name-de-noun-9BrIJWbw Categories (other): Onomastics Disambiguation of Onomastics: 25 32 43 0
  4. (grammar, in compounds) noun, examples include Eigenname (proper noun), Sammelname (collective noun) and Gattungsname (appellative or common noun). Note: Compounds which aren't hyponyms of substantive are rare and obsolete, like Hauptname or Dingname (substantive noun), Beiname (adjective noun), Fürname (pronoun). Tags: in-compounds, masculine, weak
    Sense id: en-Name-de-noun-E8ZV51br Categories (other): Grammar, German entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of German entries with incorrect language header: 19 12 11 59 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 16 16 10 57 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 14 14 10 62 Topics: grammar, human-sciences, linguistics, sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: Alltagsname, Beiname, Benutzername, Bergname, Berufsname, Buchstabenname, Dateiname, Deckname, Doppelname, Ehrenname, Eigenname, Ekelname, Erstname, Erstvorname, Familienname, Firmenname, Flurname, Flussname, Frauenname, Gattungsname, Gebirgsname, Geburtsname, Gewässername, Göttername, Handelsname, Häusername, Hausname, Hofname, im Namen von, Kampfname, Klarname, Kosename, Künstlername, Kurzname, Lallname, Ländername, Landesname, Mädchenname, Männername, Markenname, mein Name ist Hase, Mineralname, Mittelname, Modename, Monatsname, Nachname, Namenberatung, Namenforscher, Namenforschung, Namenkunde, namenlos, namenreich, namens, Namensaktie, Namensforscher, Namensgebung, Namensgut, Namensliste, Namensraum, Namensrecht, Namenstabu, Namenstag, Namensträger, Namensvetter, Namensvorschlag, namentlich, namhaft, nämlich, Neckname, Notname, Ökelname, Ordensname, Ortsname, Paketname, Papstname, Personenname, Pflanzenname, Produktname, Realname, Rufname, Runenname, Satzname, Scherzname, Schiffsname, Schimpfname, Sippenname, Spitzname, Spottname, Sprachname, Staatsname, Städtename, Stadtname, Stammesname, Straßenname, Tarnname, Tiername, Trivialname, Übername, Vatersname, Vereinsname, Vorname, Wohnstättenname, Zuname, Zweitname

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "31 33 36 0",
      "word": "Alltagsname"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "31 33 36 0",
      "word": "Beiname"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "31 33 36 0",
      "word": "Benutzername"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "31 33 36 0",
      "word": "Bergname"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "31 33 36 0",
      "word": "Berufsname"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "31 33 36 0",
      "word": "Buchstabenname"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "31 33 36 0",
      "word": "Dateiname"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "31 33 36 0",
      "word": "Deckname"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "31 33 36 0",
      "word": "Doppelname"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "31 33 36 0",
      "word": "Ehrenname"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "31 33 36 0",
      "word": "Eigenname"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "31 33 36 0",
      "word": "Ekelname"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "31 33 36 0",
      "word": "Erstname"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "31 33 36 0",
      "word": "Erstvorname"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "31 33 36 0",
      "word": "Familienname"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "31 33 36 0",
      "word": "Firmenname"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "31 33 36 0",
      "word": "Flurname"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "31 33 36 0",
      "word": "Flussname"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "31 33 36 0",
      "word": "Frauenname"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "31 33 36 0",
      "word": "Gattungsname"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "31 33 36 0",
      "word": "Gebirgsname"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "31 33 36 0",
      "word": "Geburtsname"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "31 33 36 0",
      "word": "Gewässername"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "31 33 36 0",
      "word": "Göttername"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "31 33 36 0",
      "word": "Handelsname"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "31 33 36 0",
      "word": "Häusername"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "31 33 36 0",
      "word": "Hausname"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "31 33 36 0",
      "word": "Hofname"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "31 33 36 0",
      "word": "im Namen von"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "31 33 36 0",
      "word": "Kampfname"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "31 33 36 0",
      "word": "Klarname"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "31 33 36 0",
      "word": "Kosename"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "31 33 36 0",
      "word": "Künstlername"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "31 33 36 0",
      "word": "Kurzname"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "31 33 36 0",
      "word": "Lallname"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "31 33 36 0",
      "word": "Ländername"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "31 33 36 0",
      "word": "Landesname"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "31 33 36 0",
      "word": "Mädchenname"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "31 33 36 0",
      "word": "Männername"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "31 33 36 0",
      "word": "Markenname"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "31 33 36 0",
      "word": "mein Name ist Hase"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "31 33 36 0",
      "word": "Mineralname"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "31 33 36 0",
      "word": "Mittelname"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "31 33 36 0",
      "word": "Modename"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "31 33 36 0",
      "word": "Monatsname"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "31 33 36 0",
      "word": "Nachname"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "31 33 36 0",
      "word": "Namenberatung"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "31 33 36 0",
      "word": "Namenforscher"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "31 33 36 0",
      "word": "Namenforschung"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "31 33 36 0",
      "word": "Namenkunde"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "31 33 36 0",
      "word": "namenlos"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "31 33 36 0",
      "word": "namenreich"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "31 33 36 0",
      "word": "namens"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "31 33 36 0",
      "word": "Namensaktie"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "31 33 36 0",
      "word": "Namensforscher"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "31 33 36 0",
      "word": "Namensgebung"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "31 33 36 0",
      "word": "Namensgut"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "31 33 36 0",
      "word": "Namensliste"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "31 33 36 0",
      "word": "Namensraum"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "31 33 36 0",
      "word": "Namensrecht"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "31 33 36 0",
      "word": "Namenstabu"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "31 33 36 0",
      "word": "Namenstag"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "31 33 36 0",
      "word": "Namensträger"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "31 33 36 0",
      "word": "Namensvetter"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "31 33 36 0",
      "word": "Namensvorschlag"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "31 33 36 0",
      "word": "namentlich"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "31 33 36 0",
      "word": "namhaft"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "31 33 36 0",
      "word": "nämlich"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "31 33 36 0",
      "word": "Neckname"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "31 33 36 0",
      "word": "Notname"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "31 33 36 0",
      "word": "Ökelname"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "31 33 36 0",
      "word": "Ordensname"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "31 33 36 0",
      "word": "Ortsname"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "31 33 36 0",
      "word": "Paketname"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "31 33 36 0",
      "word": "Papstname"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "31 33 36 0",
      "word": "Personenname"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "31 33 36 0",
      "word": "Pflanzenname"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "31 33 36 0",
      "word": "Produktname"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "31 33 36 0",
      "word": "Realname"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "31 33 36 0",
      "word": "Rufname"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "31 33 36 0",
      "word": "Runenname"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "31 33 36 0",
      "word": "Satzname"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "31 33 36 0",
      "word": "Scherzname"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "31 33 36 0",
      "word": "Schiffsname"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "31 33 36 0",
      "word": "Schimpfname"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "31 33 36 0",
      "word": "Sippenname"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "31 33 36 0",
      "word": "Spitzname"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "31 33 36 0",
      "word": "Spottname"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "31 33 36 0",
      "word": "Sprachname"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "31 33 36 0",
      "word": "Staatsname"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "31 33 36 0",
      "word": "Städtename"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "31 33 36 0",
      "word": "Stadtname"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "31 33 36 0",
      "word": "Stammesname"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "31 33 36 0",
      "word": "Straßenname"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "31 33 36 0",
      "word": "Tarnname"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "31 33 36 0",
      "word": "Tiername"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "31 33 36 0",
      "word": "Trivialname"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "31 33 36 0",
      "word": "Übername"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "31 33 36 0",
      "word": "Vatersname"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "31 33 36 0",
      "word": "Vereinsname"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "31 33 36 0",
      "word": "Vorname"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "31 33 36 0",
      "word": "Wohnstättenname"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "31 33 36 0",
      "word": "Zuname"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "31 33 36 0",
      "word": "Zweitname"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "gem-pro",
        "3": "ine-pro",
        "inh": "2"
      },
      "expansion": "",
      "name": "dercat"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "gmh",
        "3": "name"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle High German name",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "goh",
        "3": "namo"
      },
      "expansion": "Old High German namo",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "gmw-pro",
        "3": "*namō"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-West Germanic *namō",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nl",
        "2": "naam"
      },
      "expansion": "Dutch naam",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nds",
        "2": "Naam"
      },
      "expansion": "Low German Naam",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "yi",
        "2": "נאָמען"
      },
      "expansion": "Yiddish נאָמען (nomen)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "name"
      },
      "expansion": "English name",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fy",
        "2": "namme"
      },
      "expansion": "West Frisian namme",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "da",
        "2": "navn"
      },
      "expansion": "Danish navn",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sv",
        "2": "namn"
      },
      "expansion": "Swedish namn",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Middle High German name, from Old High German namo, from Proto-West Germanic *namō. Cognate with Dutch naam, Low German Naam, Yiddish נאָמען (nomen), English name, West Frisian namme, Danish navn, Swedish namn.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "Namens",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Namen",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "weak",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "de-ndecl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Name",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Namen",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Namens",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Namen",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Namen",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Namen",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Namen",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Namen",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Nahme",
      "tags": [
        "alternative",
        "obsolete"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Nahmen",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Namen",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "m,ns.weak"
      },
      "expansion": "Name m (weak, genitive Namens, plural Namen)",
      "name": "de-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "m,ns.weak"
      },
      "name": "de-ndecl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "German",
  "lang_code": "de",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "name (forename, Christian name, given name)"
      ],
      "id": "en-Name-de-noun-UuvWJCC4",
      "links": [
        [
          "name",
          "name"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "weak"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "name (surname, family name)"
      ],
      "id": "en-Name-de-noun-X0Dkb3sq",
      "links": [
        [
          "name",
          "name"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "weak"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "25 32 43 0",
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "de",
          "name": "Onomastics",
          "orig": "de:Onomastics",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              41,
              46
            ]
          ],
          "english": "And because he had no reason to conceal his name from her, he introduced himself in all due form.",
          "ref": "1931, Arthur Schnitzler, Flucht in die Finsternis, S. Fischer Verlag, page 51:",
          "text": "Und da er keinen Grund hatte, ihr seinen Namen zu verhehlen, so stellte er sich in aller Form vor.",
          "translation": "And because he had no reason to conceal his name from her, he introduced himself in all due form.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "name (full name)"
      ],
      "id": "en-Name-de-noun-9BrIJWbw",
      "links": [
        [
          "name",
          "name"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "weak"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "de",
          "name": "Grammar",
          "orig": "de:Grammar",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "19 12 11 59",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "German entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "16 16 10 57",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "14 14 10 62",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "noun, examples include Eigenname (proper noun), Sammelname (collective noun) and Gattungsname (appellative or common noun). Note: Compounds which aren't hyponyms of substantive are rare and obsolete, like Hauptname or Dingname (substantive noun), Beiname (adjective noun), Fürname (pronoun)."
      ],
      "id": "en-Name-de-noun-E8ZV51br",
      "links": [
        [
          "grammar",
          "grammar"
        ],
        [
          "noun",
          "noun"
        ],
        [
          "Eigenname",
          "Eigenname#German"
        ],
        [
          "Sammelname",
          "Sammelname#German"
        ],
        [
          "Gattungsname",
          "Gattungsname#German"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(grammar, in compounds) noun, examples include Eigenname (proper noun), Sammelname (collective noun) and Gattungsname (appellative or common noun). Note: Compounds which aren't hyponyms of substantive are rare and obsolete, like Hauptname or Dingname (substantive noun), Beiname (adjective noun), Fürname (pronoun)."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "in-compounds",
        "masculine",
        "weak"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "grammar",
        "human-sciences",
        "linguistics",
        "sciences"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈnaːmə/"
    },
    {
      "audio": "De-Name.OGG",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/0/03/De-Name.OGG/De-Name.OGG.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/03/De-Name.OGG"
    },
    {
      "audio": "De-Name2.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/1/13/De-Name2.ogg/De-Name2.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/13/De-Name2.ogg"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "Nahme"
    }
  ],
  "word": "Name"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "German entries with incorrect language header",
    "German lemmas",
    "German masculine nouns",
    "German nouns",
    "German terms derived from Middle High German",
    "German terms derived from Old High German",
    "German terms derived from Proto-Germanic",
    "German terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
    "German terms derived from Proto-West Germanic",
    "German terms inherited from Middle High German",
    "German terms inherited from Old High German",
    "German terms inherited from Proto-Germanic",
    "German terms inherited from Proto-Indo-European",
    "German terms inherited from Proto-West Germanic",
    "German terms with homophones",
    "German weak nouns",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries",
    "de:Onomastics"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "Alltagsname"
    },
    {
      "word": "Beiname"
    },
    {
      "word": "Benutzername"
    },
    {
      "word": "Bergname"
    },
    {
      "word": "Berufsname"
    },
    {
      "word": "Buchstabenname"
    },
    {
      "word": "Dateiname"
    },
    {
      "word": "Deckname"
    },
    {
      "word": "Doppelname"
    },
    {
      "word": "Ehrenname"
    },
    {
      "word": "Eigenname"
    },
    {
      "word": "Ekelname"
    },
    {
      "word": "Erstname"
    },
    {
      "word": "Erstvorname"
    },
    {
      "word": "Familienname"
    },
    {
      "word": "Firmenname"
    },
    {
      "word": "Flurname"
    },
    {
      "word": "Flussname"
    },
    {
      "word": "Frauenname"
    },
    {
      "word": "Gattungsname"
    },
    {
      "word": "Gebirgsname"
    },
    {
      "word": "Geburtsname"
    },
    {
      "word": "Gewässername"
    },
    {
      "word": "Göttername"
    },
    {
      "word": "Handelsname"
    },
    {
      "word": "Häusername"
    },
    {
      "word": "Hausname"
    },
    {
      "word": "Hofname"
    },
    {
      "word": "im Namen von"
    },
    {
      "word": "Kampfname"
    },
    {
      "word": "Klarname"
    },
    {
      "word": "Kosename"
    },
    {
      "word": "Künstlername"
    },
    {
      "word": "Kurzname"
    },
    {
      "word": "Lallname"
    },
    {
      "word": "Ländername"
    },
    {
      "word": "Landesname"
    },
    {
      "word": "Mädchenname"
    },
    {
      "word": "Männername"
    },
    {
      "word": "Markenname"
    },
    {
      "word": "mein Name ist Hase"
    },
    {
      "word": "Mineralname"
    },
    {
      "word": "Mittelname"
    },
    {
      "word": "Modename"
    },
    {
      "word": "Monatsname"
    },
    {
      "word": "Nachname"
    },
    {
      "word": "Namenberatung"
    },
    {
      "word": "Namenforscher"
    },
    {
      "word": "Namenforschung"
    },
    {
      "word": "Namenkunde"
    },
    {
      "word": "namenlos"
    },
    {
      "word": "namenreich"
    },
    {
      "word": "namens"
    },
    {
      "word": "Namensaktie"
    },
    {
      "word": "Namensforscher"
    },
    {
      "word": "Namensgebung"
    },
    {
      "word": "Namensgut"
    },
    {
      "word": "Namensliste"
    },
    {
      "word": "Namensraum"
    },
    {
      "word": "Namensrecht"
    },
    {
      "word": "Namenstabu"
    },
    {
      "word": "Namenstag"
    },
    {
      "word": "Namensträger"
    },
    {
      "word": "Namensvetter"
    },
    {
      "word": "Namensvorschlag"
    },
    {
      "word": "namentlich"
    },
    {
      "word": "namhaft"
    },
    {
      "word": "nämlich"
    },
    {
      "word": "Neckname"
    },
    {
      "word": "Notname"
    },
    {
      "word": "Ökelname"
    },
    {
      "word": "Ordensname"
    },
    {
      "word": "Ortsname"
    },
    {
      "word": "Paketname"
    },
    {
      "word": "Papstname"
    },
    {
      "word": "Personenname"
    },
    {
      "word": "Pflanzenname"
    },
    {
      "word": "Produktname"
    },
    {
      "word": "Realname"
    },
    {
      "word": "Rufname"
    },
    {
      "word": "Runenname"
    },
    {
      "word": "Satzname"
    },
    {
      "word": "Scherzname"
    },
    {
      "word": "Schiffsname"
    },
    {
      "word": "Schimpfname"
    },
    {
      "word": "Sippenname"
    },
    {
      "word": "Spitzname"
    },
    {
      "word": "Spottname"
    },
    {
      "word": "Sprachname"
    },
    {
      "word": "Staatsname"
    },
    {
      "word": "Städtename"
    },
    {
      "word": "Stadtname"
    },
    {
      "word": "Stammesname"
    },
    {
      "word": "Straßenname"
    },
    {
      "word": "Tarnname"
    },
    {
      "word": "Tiername"
    },
    {
      "word": "Trivialname"
    },
    {
      "word": "Übername"
    },
    {
      "word": "Vatersname"
    },
    {
      "word": "Vereinsname"
    },
    {
      "word": "Vorname"
    },
    {
      "word": "Wohnstättenname"
    },
    {
      "word": "Zuname"
    },
    {
      "word": "Zweitname"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "gem-pro",
        "3": "ine-pro",
        "inh": "2"
      },
      "expansion": "",
      "name": "dercat"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "gmh",
        "3": "name"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle High German name",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "goh",
        "3": "namo"
      },
      "expansion": "Old High German namo",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "gmw-pro",
        "3": "*namō"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-West Germanic *namō",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nl",
        "2": "naam"
      },
      "expansion": "Dutch naam",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nds",
        "2": "Naam"
      },
      "expansion": "Low German Naam",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "yi",
        "2": "נאָמען"
      },
      "expansion": "Yiddish נאָמען (nomen)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "name"
      },
      "expansion": "English name",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fy",
        "2": "namme"
      },
      "expansion": "West Frisian namme",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "da",
        "2": "navn"
      },
      "expansion": "Danish navn",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sv",
        "2": "namn"
      },
      "expansion": "Swedish namn",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Middle High German name, from Old High German namo, from Proto-West Germanic *namō. Cognate with Dutch naam, Low German Naam, Yiddish נאָמען (nomen), English name, West Frisian namme, Danish navn, Swedish namn.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "Namens",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Namen",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "weak",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "de-ndecl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Name",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Namen",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Namens",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Namen",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Namen",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Namen",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Namen",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Namen",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Nahme",
      "tags": [
        "alternative",
        "obsolete"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Nahmen",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Namen",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "m,ns.weak"
      },
      "expansion": "Name m (weak, genitive Namens, plural Namen)",
      "name": "de-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "m,ns.weak"
      },
      "name": "de-ndecl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "German",
  "lang_code": "de",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "name (forename, Christian name, given name)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "name",
          "name"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "weak"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "name (surname, family name)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "name",
          "name"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "weak"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "German terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              41,
              46
            ]
          ],
          "english": "And because he had no reason to conceal his name from her, he introduced himself in all due form.",
          "ref": "1931, Arthur Schnitzler, Flucht in die Finsternis, S. Fischer Verlag, page 51:",
          "text": "Und da er keinen Grund hatte, ihr seinen Namen zu verhehlen, so stellte er sich in aller Form vor.",
          "translation": "And because he had no reason to conceal his name from her, he introduced himself in all due form.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "name (full name)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "name",
          "name"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "weak"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "de:Grammar"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "noun, examples include Eigenname (proper noun), Sammelname (collective noun) and Gattungsname (appellative or common noun). Note: Compounds which aren't hyponyms of substantive are rare and obsolete, like Hauptname or Dingname (substantive noun), Beiname (adjective noun), Fürname (pronoun)."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "grammar",
          "grammar"
        ],
        [
          "noun",
          "noun"
        ],
        [
          "Eigenname",
          "Eigenname#German"
        ],
        [
          "Sammelname",
          "Sammelname#German"
        ],
        [
          "Gattungsname",
          "Gattungsname#German"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(grammar, in compounds) noun, examples include Eigenname (proper noun), Sammelname (collective noun) and Gattungsname (appellative or common noun). Note: Compounds which aren't hyponyms of substantive are rare and obsolete, like Hauptname or Dingname (substantive noun), Beiname (adjective noun), Fürname (pronoun)."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "in-compounds",
        "masculine",
        "weak"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "grammar",
        "human-sciences",
        "linguistics",
        "sciences"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈnaːmə/"
    },
    {
      "audio": "De-Name.OGG",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/0/03/De-Name.OGG/De-Name.OGG.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/03/De-Name.OGG"
    },
    {
      "audio": "De-Name2.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/1/13/De-Name2.ogg/De-Name2.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/13/De-Name2.ogg"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "Nahme"
    }
  ],
  "word": "Name"
}

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