Nachname
German, noun/ˈnaːxˌnaːmə/
Nachname is spelled N-A-C-H-N-A-M-E (8 letters) and appears 3.6 times per million words in written German, the 15,594th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Nachname is a German masculine noun meaning “last name, surname” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “im Unterschied zum Vornamen, der nachgestellte Name, der Familienname, der im Deutschen normalerweise…”.
What does Nachname mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinelast name, surname
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. im Unterschied zum Vornamen, der nachgestellte Name, der Familienname, der im Deutschen normalerweise geschlechtlich nicht unterschieden wird
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 Nachname
- Nachnamens genitive
- Nachnamen plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Nachname?
- /ˈnaːxˌnaːmə/
- [ˈnaːχˌnaː.mə]
- [-me]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Nachname
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Nachname in German?
Nachname appears 3.6 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).