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Name

Pronunciation: /ˈnaːmə/

“Name” is a German word. Its 4 meanings in English:

noun

  1. name (forename, Christian name, given name)
  2. name (surname, family name)
  3. name (full name)
  4. 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).

Etymology

From Middle High German name, from Old High German namo, from Proto-West Germanic *namō. Cognate with Dutch naam, Low German Naam, Alemannic German Name, Yiddish נאָמען (nomen), English name, West Frisian namme, Danish navn, Swedish namn.

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