Zuname
[ˈt͡suːˌnaːmə]
The verdict
“Zuname” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 6
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - im Unterschied zum Vornamen der nachgestellte Name, der Familienname, der im Deutschen geschlechtlich nicht unterschieden wird
Corpus desk
Index DE-zuname · Zuname · German
Zuname · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "Z" 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 | Zuname |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈt͡suːˌnaːmə] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Zuname“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Zuname is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈt͡suːˌnaːmə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No generated misspelling entries exist for Zuname in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Zuname, spelled Z-U-N-A-M-E.
Definition
- 1im Unterschied zum Vornamen der nachgestellte Name, der Familienname, der im Deutschen geschlechtlich nicht unterschieden wird
- 2veraltend: zum Eigennamen hinzugefügter Name; Beiname
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Zuname appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Ein polnischer Personalausweis oder Reisepass zeigt den Vor- und Zunamen nur in seiner theoretischen Gestalt.“
„Auf Schnappschüssen von Zaungästen ist der korrekte Seitenscheitel des Schützen, dem er den späteren Zunamen eines ‚Kennedy von der Waterkant‘ verdankt, zweifelsfrei zu identifizieren.“
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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.