Anthroponym
[antʁopoˈnyːm]
The verdict
“Anthroponym” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 11
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Name, der einer Person gegeben wurde oder wird
Corpus desk
Index DE-anthroponym · Anthroponym · German
Anthroponym · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "A" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Anthroponym |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [antʁopoˈnyːm] |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Anthroponym“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Anthroponym is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [antʁopoˈnyːm]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Name, der einer Person gegeben wurde oder wird".
No generated misspelling entries exist for Anthroponym in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is Anthroponym, spelled A-N-T-H-R-O-P-O-N-Y-M.
Definition
- 1Name, der einer Person gegeben wurde oder wird
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Anthroponym appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Gute Lexika haben meist ein gesondertes Kapitel „Anthroponyme und Toponyme“.
„Krista“ ist ein finnisches Anthroponym.
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.