pseudonym
German, adjective
pseudonym is spelled P-S-E-U-D-O-N-Y-M (9 letters) and appears 3.0 times per million words in written German, the 18,198th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Pseudonym is a German adjective meaning “pseudonymous” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Pseudonym is a different word: “pseudonym”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “unter einem Decknamen (Pseudonym) auftretend, lebend, verfasst”.
What does pseudonym mean in English?
adjective
- 1
pseudonymous
adverb
- 1
pseudonymously, in a pseudonymous manner
noun
- 1
neuterpseudonym
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. ein fingierter Name, besonders von Künstlern und Schriftstellern genutzt, um eine wahre Identität zu verbergen
adjective: 1. unter einem Decknamen (Pseudonym) auftretend, lebend, verfasst
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 pseudonym
- pseudonymer masculine nominative singular
- pseudonyme feminine nominative singular
- pseudonymes neuter nominative singular
- pseudonymen genitive masculine singular
- pseudonymem dative masculine singular
- der pseudonyme definite includes-article masculine
- die pseudonyme definite feminine includes-article
- das pseudonyme definite includes-article neuter
- die pseudonymen definite includes-article nominative
- des pseudonymen definite genitive includes-article
- der pseudonymen definite feminine genitive
- dem pseudonymen dative definite includes-article
- den pseudonymen dative definite includes-article
- Pseudonymon variant
- Pseudonymum variant
- Pseudonyme nominative plural
- Pseudonyms genitive singular
- Pseudonymen dative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to pseudonym
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is pseudonym in German?
pseudonym appears 3.0 times per million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).