Deckname
German, noun[ˈdɛkˌnaːmə]
Deckname is spelled D-E-C-K-N-A-M-E (8 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written German, the 62,285th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Deckname is a German masculine noun meaning “code name, alias” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Name, der verwendet wird, um den richtigen Namen nicht zu benutzen, damit die betreffende Person oder Sache…”.
What does Deckname mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinecode name, alias
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Name, der verwendet wird, um den richtigen Namen nicht zu benutzen, damit die betreffende Person oder Sache unerkannt bleibt. 2. verschlüsselte Bezeichnung für ein Vorhaben
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 Deckname
- Decknamens genitive
- Decknamen plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Deckname?
- [ˈdɛkˌnaːmə]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Deckname
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Deckname in German?
Deckname appears about once in every 2 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).