Kognomen
[kɔˈɡnoːmən]
The verdict
“Kognomen” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - dritter Bestandteil in Namen von Personen im antiken Rom
Corpus desk
Index DE-kognomen · Kognomen · German
Kognomen · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "K" 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 | Kognomen |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [kɔˈɡnoːmən] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Kognomen“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Kognomen is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [kɔˈɡnoːmən]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "dritter Bestandteil in Namen von Personen im antiken Rom".
No misspelling variants are generated for Kognomen in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is Kognomen, spelled K-O-G-N-O-M-E-N.
Definition
- 1dritter Bestandteil in Namen von Personen im antiken Rom
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Kognomen appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Das bekannte Kognomen ‚Gracchus‘ gehörte einer vornehmen plebejischen Familie zur Zeit der Römischen Republik.
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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.