Nickname

See also: nickname

German

Etymology

Borrowed from English nickname; in pronunciation and inflection sometimes influenced by German Name.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈnɪkneːm/, /ˈnɪknaːmə/

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Noun

Nickname m (strong or weak, genitive Nickname or Nicknames or Nicknamens, plural Nicknames or Nicknamen)

1. (computing) nickname in the sense of screenname, handle

Usage notes

• The declension can follow a typical strong declension for a borrowed English word (genitive Nickname or Nicknames, plural Nicknames) or can follow the same irregular weak declension as Name.

Declension

Declension of Nickname [masculine, strong // weak]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Nickname	die	Nicknames, Nicknamen
genitive	eines	des	Nickname, Nicknames, Nicknamens	der	Nicknames, Nicknamen
dative	einem	dem	Nickname, Nicknamen	den	Nicknames, Nicknamen
accusative	einen	den	Nickname, Nicknamen	die	Nicknames, Nicknamen

Further reading

• “Nickname” in Duden online