Benennung
German, noun[bəˈnɛnʊŋ]
Benennung is spelled B-E-N-E-N-N-U-N-G (9 letters) and appears 4.2 times per million words in written German, the 14,041st most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Benennung is a German feminine noun meaning “naming, denomination” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Wort, sprachlicher Ausdruck für etwas Gemeintes”.
What does Benennung mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininenaming, denomination
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Wort, sprachlicher Ausdruck für etwas Gemeintes 2. das Benennen, die öffentliche Nennung
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of Benennung
- Benennungen plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Benennung?
- [bəˈnɛnʊŋ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Benennung
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Benennung in German?
Benennung appears 4.2 times per million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).