Vatersname
German, noun[ˈfaːtɐsˌnaːmə]
Vatersname is spelled V-A-T-E-R-S-N-A-M-E (10 letters) and appears about once in every 39 million words in written German, the 371,567th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Vatersname is a German masculine noun meaning “patronym, patronymic” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Vorname des Vaters als Namensbestandteil seines Kindes”.
What does Vatersname mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinepatronym, patronymic
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Vorname des Vaters als Namensbestandteil seines Kindes 2. der den Mitgliedern einer Familie gemeinsame Teil des (vollständigen) Namens
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 Vatersname
- Vatersnamens genitive
- Vatersnamen plural
- Vatername alternative
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Vatersname?
- [ˈfaːtɐsˌnaːmə]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Vatersname
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Vatersname in German?
Vatersname appears about once in every 39 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).