Geburtsname
[ɡəˈbuːɐ̯t͡sˌnaːmə]
The verdict
“Geburtsname” is uncommon German (frequency #94,307 among 5,117 “G” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #94,307
- frequency rank, German
- 5,117
- “G” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Name, den jemand als ersten nach seiner Geburt erhält
Corpus desk
Index DE-geburtsname · Geburtsname · German
Geburtsname · rank #94,307 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #94,307
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,117
- PHOTO-FINISH Gebots
Nearest frequency peer: Gebots (-1 rank slots)
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.
Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „Geburtsname“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Gaudium
Gaudium
5,698 corpus weight
- Gebinde
Gebinde
5,697 corpus weight
- geblättert
geblättert
5,696 corpus weight
- Gebots
Gebots
5,695 corpus weight
- Geburtsname
Geburtsname
5,694 corpus weight
- gediegene
gediegene
5,691 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Geburtsname“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Geburtsname |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ɡəˈbuːɐ̯t͡sˌnaːmə] |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #94,307 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Geburtsname“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Geburtsname is uncommon German at frequency #94,307 among 5,117 “G” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ɡəˈbuːɐ̯t͡sˌnaːmə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Geburtsname, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is Geburtsname, spelled G-E-B-U-R-T-S-N-A-M-E.
Definition
- 1Name, den jemand als ersten nach seiner Geburt erhält
- 2anders als durch Ehe (oder Lebenspartnerschaft) (gegebenenfalls auch noch lange nach der Geburt) erworbener (früherer) Familienname
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Geburtsname appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Lumumba ist nicht sein Geburtsname, aber so nennen sie ihn bald.“
„Den zweifellos nüchternen Geburtsnamen Erich Paul Remark »verschönerte« er, indem er Paul durch Maria ersetzte, und – legitimiert durch den französischen Ursprung seiner Vorfahren – aus Remark wurde Remarque.“
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Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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