Sammelname
[ˈzaml̩ˌnaːmə]
The verdict
“Sammelname” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Wort, das Gemeinschaften von zusammengehörigen Dingen oder Einzelwesen bezeichnet
Corpus desk
Index DE-sammelname · Sammelname · German
Sammelname · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "S" 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 | Sammelname |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈzaml̩ˌnaːmə] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Sammelname“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Sammelname is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈzaml̩ˌnaːmə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for Sammelname, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Sammelname, spelled S-A-M-M-E-L-N-A-M-E.
Definition
- 1Wort, das Gemeinschaften von zusammengehörigen Dingen oder Einzelwesen bezeichnet
- 2sehr häufig vorkommender Familienname wie „Müller“, „Maier“, „Schulze“
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Sammelname appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Sammelnamen sind häufig von Grundwörtern durch eine Vorsilbe abgeleitet wie beispielsweise das Wort „Gebirge“ mit der Vorsilbe „ge-“ als eine Kette oder zusammengehörige Menge von Bergen.
„Sammelnamen können gegen Verwechslung und zur besseren Unterscheidung mit einem Zusatz (Wohnort des Trägers, Geburtsname der Mutter) versehen werden.“
This word in other languages
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.