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Ortsname

German, noun[ˈɔʁt͡sˌnaːmə]

Ortsname is spelled O-R-T-S-N-A-M-E (8 letters) and appears about once in every 3 million words in written German, the 81,387th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Ortsname is a German masculine noun meaning “placename” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “der Eigenname von topografischen Objekten”.

What does Ortsname mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    masculineplacename

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

How German dictionaries define it

noun: 1. der Eigenname von topografischen Objekten 2. der Eigenname von Siedlungen

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 Ortsname

  • Ortsnamens genitive
  • Ortsnamen plural
  • ON abbreviation
  • OrtsN abbreviation

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

How do you pronounce Ortsname?

  • [ˈɔʁt͡sˌnaːmə]

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

English words that translate to Ortsname

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is Ortsname in German?

Ortsname appears about once in every 3 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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