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Namenszusatz

German, noun/ˈnaːmənsˌt͡suːzat͡s/

Namenszusatz is spelled N-A-M-E-N-S-Z-U-S-A-T-Z (12 letters) and appears about once in every 5 million words in written German, the 115,169th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Namenszusatz is a German masculine noun meaning “suffix (in a personal name)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Zusatz zu Familiennamen, Ortsnamen, bei Anreden”.

What does Namenszusatz mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    masculinesuffix (in a personal name)

Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How German dictionaries define it

noun: 1. Zusatz zu Familiennamen, Ortsnamen, bei Anreden

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 Namenszusatz

  • Namenszusatzes genitive
  • Namenszusätze plural
  • Namenszusatze dative singular
  • Namenszusätzen dative definite plural

Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce Namenszusatz?

  • /ˈnaːmənsˌt͡suːzat͡s/
  • [ˈnaːmənsˌt͡suːzat͡s]

Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

How common is Namenszusatz in German?

Namenszusatz appears about once in every 5 million words in written German.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

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