Namensschwester
German, noun[ˈnaːmənsˌʃvɛstɐ]
Namensschwester is spelled N-A-M-E-N-S-S-C-H-W-E-S-T-E-R (15 letters) and appears about once in every 71 million words in written German, the 522,009th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Namensschwester is a German feminine noun meaning “namesake (female person having the same name as another)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “weibliche Person, die den gleichen Namen trägt wie eine andere, nicht verwandte Person”.
What does Namensschwester mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininenamesake (female person having the same name as another)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. weibliche Person, die den gleichen Namen trägt wie eine andere, nicht verwandte Person
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 Namensschwester
- Namensschwestern plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Namensschwester?
- [ˈnaːmənsˌʃvɛstɐ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Namensschwester in German?
Namensschwester appears about once in every 71 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).