Gattungsname
German, noun/ˈɡatʊŋsˌnaːmə/
Gattungsname is spelled G-A-T-T-U-N-G-S-N-A-M-E (12 letters) and appears about once in every 11 million words in written German, the 182,294th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Gattungsname is a German masculine noun meaning “common noun” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Klasse von Personen, Tieren, Pflanzen oder Gegenständen”.
What does Gattungsname mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinecommon noun
- 2
masculinegeneric name
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Klasse von Personen, Tieren, Pflanzen oder Gegenständen 2. gemäß der binären Nomenklatur der vordere, immer mit großem Anfangsbuchstaben geschriebene Namensteil eines biologischen Artnamens
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 Gattungsname
- Gattungsnamens genitive
- Gattungsnamen plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Gattungsname?
- /ˈɡatʊŋsˌnaːmə/
- [ˈɡatʊŋsˌnaːmə]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Gattungsname in German?
Gattungsname appears about once in every 11 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).