Personennamen

[pɛʁˈzoːnənˌnaːmən]

/[pɛʁˈzoːnənˌnaːmən]/ noun

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The verdict

“Personennamen” is uncommon German (frequency #56,423 among 49,534 “P” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#56,423
frequency rank, German
49,534
“P” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Dativ Singular des Substantivs Personenname

Key facts for Personennamen
PropertyValue
HeadwordPersonennamen
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[pɛʁˈzoːnənˌnaːmən]
Letters13
Frequency rank#56,423
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “Personennamen” sits in German frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). Personennamen lands here:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Personennamen is uncommon German at frequency #56,423 among 49,534 “P” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [pɛʁˈzoːnənˌnaːmən]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 6 senses are on record.

No generated misspelling entries exist for Personennamen in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. 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 entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is Personennamen, spelled P-E-R-S-O-N-E-N-N-A-M-E-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    Dativ Singular des Substantivs Personenname
  2. 2
    Akkusativ Singular des Substantivs Personenname
  3. 3
    Nominativ Plural des Substantivs Personenname
  4. 4
    Genitiv Plural des Substantivs Personenname
  5. 5
    Dativ Plural des Substantivs Personenname
  6. 6
    Akkusativ Plural des Substantivs Personenname

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Personennamen"?
"Personennamen" is spelled P-E-R-S-O-N-E-N-N-A-M-E-N. The IPA pronunciation is [pɛʁˈzoːnənˌnaːmən].
What does "Personennamen" mean?
As a noun, "Personennamen" means: Dativ Singular des Substantivs Personenname
How do you pronounce "Personennamen"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Personennamen" is [pɛʁˈzoːnənˌnaːmən]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Personennamen" come from?
"Personennamen" is a German word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Using “Personennamen”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct German spelling is P-E-R-S-O-N-E-N-N-A-M-E-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as [pɛʁˈzoːnənˌnaːmən] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
  • Browse more German words and confusable pairs in the same reference. German words

Other uncommon German words near this rank

Data Source

Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list