Spitzname
German, noun[ˈʃpɪt͡sˌnaːmə]
Spitzname is spelled S-P-I-T-Z-N-A-M-E (9 letters) and appears 2.4 times per million words in written German, the 21,211th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Spitzname is a German masculine noun meaning “nickname” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Übername, Beiname, den jemand einer vertrauten Person oder anderweitig verleiht und der einen positiven…”.
What does Spitzname mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinenickname
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Übername, Beiname, den jemand einer vertrauten Person oder anderweitig verleiht und der einen positiven (freundlichen, scherzhaften) oder auch negativen (abwertenden, spöttischen) Bedeutungsaspekt enthält
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 Spitzname
- Spitznamens genitive
- Spitznamen plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Spitzname?
- [ˈʃpɪt͡sˌnaːmə]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Spitzname
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Spitzname in German?
Spitzname appears 2.4 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).