Nama

[ˈnaːma]

/[ˈnaːma]/ noun

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The verdict

“Nama” is uncommon German (frequency #80,718 among 1,954 “N” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#80,718
frequency rank, German
1,954
“N” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Angehöriger eines zu den Khoikhoi zählenden Volkes

Corpus desk

Index DE-nama · Nama · German

Nama · rank #80,718 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #80,718
  • LEN-MID 4 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,954
  • PHOTO-FINISH Nafri

Nearest frequency peer: Nafri (-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 „Nama“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Nama“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Nama
PropertyValue
HeadwordNama
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈnaːma]
Letters4
Frequency rank#80,718
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Nama“ im Deutschen

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).Namafällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Achse ist logarithmisch: jeder Tick markiert etwa zehnfach geringere Häufigkeit. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Nafri“ (#80,717), „Namensrechte“ (#80,719), „Nadelholz“ (#80,716). Unter 1,954 „N“-Lemmata liegt „Nama“ bei #80,718. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Nama is uncommon German at frequency #80,718 among 1,954 “N” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈnaːma]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Angehöriger eines zu den Khoikhoi zählenden Volkes".

Nama has no tracked misspelling variants, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is Nama, spelled N-A-M-A.

Definition

  1. 1
    Angehöriger eines zu den Khoikhoi zählenden Volkes

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how Nama appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Er ist Nama.
  2. „Die deutschen Soldaten wurden zudem gebraucht, um die weiter südlich lebenden Nama - von den Deutschen abschätzig »Hottentotten« genannt - zu bekämpfen.“

Synonyms

Hottentotte

This word in other languages

Namaqua(Français)

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Nama"?
"Nama" is spelled N-A-M-A. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈnaːma].
What does "Nama" mean?
As a noun, "Nama" means: Angehöriger eines zu den Khoikhoi zählenden Volkes
How do you pronounce "Nama"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Nama" is [ˈnaːma]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Nama" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Nama", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

nani#80,720mixt#80,689notz#80,751nunc#80,752

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list