Rufname
German, noun/ˈʁuːfˌnaːmə/
Rufname is spelled R-U-F-N-A-M-E (7 letters) and appears about once in every 7 million words in written German, the 132,783rd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Rufname is a German masculine noun meaning “a person’s main given name by which they are usually known (typically, but in German-speaking Europe not necessarily, the first given name)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “derjenige von oft mehreren Vornamen, mit dem die betreffende Person im Kreis vertrauter Personen gerufen…”.
What does Rufname mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinea person’s main given name by which they are usually known (typically, but in German-speaking Europe not necessarily, the first given name)
Meine Vornamen sind Hans Emil Werner, aber mein Rufname ist Emil.
- 2
masculinecall sign
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. derjenige von oft mehreren Vornamen, mit dem die betreffende Person im Kreis vertrauter Personen gerufen, angesprochen wird
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 Rufname
- Rufnamens genitive
- Rufnamen plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Rufname?
- /ˈʁuːfˌnaːmə/
- [ˈʁuːfˌnaːmə]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Rufname in German?
Rufname appears about once in every 7 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).