Namenskürzel
[ˈnaːmənsˌkʏʁt͡sl̩]
The verdict
“Namenskürzel” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 12
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - aus wenigen Buchstaben bestehende Abkürzung für den Namen einer Person oder eines Gegenstandes
Corpus desk
Index DE-namenskurzel · Namenskürzel · German
Namenskürzel · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "N" 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 | Namenskürzel |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈnaːmənsˌkʏʁt͡sl̩] |
| Letters | 12 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Namenskürzel“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Namenskürzel is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈnaːmənsˌkʏʁt͡sl̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "aus wenigen Buchstaben bestehende Abkürzung für den Namen einer Person oder eines Gegenstandes".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for Namenskürzel, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is Namenskürzel, spelled N-A-M-E-N-S-K-Ü-R-Z-E-L.
Definition
- 1aus wenigen Buchstaben bestehende Abkürzung für den Namen einer Person oder eines Gegenstandes
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Namenskürzel appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Das Namenskürzel leitet sich aus dem Englischen ‚Bed and Breakfast‘ ab, insofern ist es eine klare Leistungscharakterisierung, die auf den internaonalen Beherbergungsmärkten allgemein bekannt ist.“
„Dies schreiben wir ans Ende der zweiten Stufe ins Baumdiagramm neben das Namenskürzel des jeweiligen Spielers.“
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.