Personenname
[pɛʁˈzoːnənˌnaːmə]
The verdict
“Personenname” 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) - Bezeichnung einer bestimmten (natürlichen) Person
Corpus desk
Index DE-personenname · Personenname · German
Personenname · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "P" 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 | Personenname |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [pɛʁˈzoːnənˌnaːmə] |
| Letters | 12 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Personenname“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Personenname is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [pɛʁˈzoːnənˌnaːmə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No generated misspelling entries exist for Personenname in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Personenname, spelled P-E-R-S-O-N-E-N-N-A-M-E.
Definition
- 1Bezeichnung einer bestimmten (natürlichen) Person
- 2der Teil von [1], der nicht die Familie oder einen Elternteil bezeichnet
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Personenname appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Auf dem Gebiet der Anthroponyme dominieren mit großem Abstand die Untersuchungen zu den Personennamen und den Familiennamen.“
„In späteren Fassungen finden sich 1500 Ortsnamen und mehr als 3500 Personennamen.“
Synonyms
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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.