Namenspate
[ˈnamənsˌpaːtə]
The verdict
“Namenspate” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Person oder Bezeichnung, deren Name zur Benennung einer anderen Person oder Sache herangezogen wird
Corpus desk
Index DE-namenspate · Namenspate · German
Namenspate · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 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 | Namenspate |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈnamənsˌpaːtə] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Namenspate“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Namenspate is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈnamənsˌpaːtə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Person oder Bezeichnung, deren Name zur Benennung einer anderen Person oder Sache herangezogen wird".
Namenspate doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. 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.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is Namenspate, spelled N-A-M-E-N-S-P-A-T-E.
Definition
- 1Person oder Bezeichnung, deren Name zur Benennung einer anderen Person oder Sache herangezogen wird
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Namenspate appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Kontrastreich wie ihr Namenspate David Bowie wirkt die Riesenkrabbenspinne Heteropoda davidbowie, deren besondere Gesichtszeichnung sich markant von der leuchtend gelben Grundfärbung der in Malaysia lebenden Spinne abhebt.“
„Die Bismarcks sind in Papua-Neuguinea, einst teilweise deutsche Kolonie, präsent – als Namenspaten: Das Bismarck-Archipel zählt 200 Inseln und liegt nördlich der Hauptinsel. […]“
Synonyms
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.