Nomen

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Etymology

Borrowed from Latin nomen (“name”).

Pronunciation

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  • Hyphenation: No‧men

Noun

Nomen n (strong, genitive Nomens, plural Nomen or Nomina)

  1. (grammar) parts of speech which can be declined, i.e. substantive, adjective, numeral, article, pronoun
  2. (grammar) a substantive or adjective; a noun (broad sense)
    • 1796, Christian Gottlob Bröder, Practische Grammatik der lateinischen Sprache. Dritte verbesserte Auflage, Leipzig, page 5:
      Vom Nomine, insbesondere dem Substantivo. Ein Nomen (Nennwort) ist entweder ein Substantivum (Hauptwort) oder Adjektivum (Beywort). Ein Nomen substantivum ist die Benennung einer Person oder Sache, wo man im Deutschen der, oder die, oder das, oder ein, eine, ein vorsetzt, als homo der Mensch, terra die Erde, frumentum das Getraide, annus ein Jahr. Ist die Bennung nur Einer Person oder Sache eigen, so heißt sie ein Nomen proprium (ein eigner Name); dergleichen sind alle Vor- und Zunamen der Menschen, die Namen der Länder, Städte, Berge, Flüsse rc.
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  3. (grammar, younger usage, as yet less common) substantive; noun (narrow sense)
  4. (in some compound words derived from Latin) name

Usage notes

  • The normal word for “noun”, in the narrow sense that the word tends to have in English, is Substantiv.

Declension

Declension of Nomen
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative ein das Nomen die Nomen, Nomina
genitive eines des Nomens der Nomen, Nomina
dative einem dem Nomen den Nomen, Nomina
accusative ein das Nomen die Nomen, Nomina
  • Note: In older literature Nomen is sometimes declined like Latin nomen.

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Further reading

  • “Nomen” in Duden online
  • “Nomen” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
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