Name, call - Nennen (The 191st Most Common German Word)

The German translation for Name, call is Nennen. This word often comes up when talking about people, culture & arts, communication, family & relationships, media & it. It is the 191st most commonly used word in German, classified as a A1 word. It can be used as verb. You can see example sentences for context below, and you can also listen to their pronunciations by clicking on the speaker icon. Download our app for offline access to this and the other 3000 most common German words with over 60000 example sentences, pronunciations, and various practice types.

Pronunciation

en English: name, call

de German: nennen

Examples

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They call me captain. Sie nennen mich Kapitän.
This cannot be called life. Das kann man nicht Leben nennen.
They call this planet 'Earth'. Sie nennen diesen Planeten „Erde“.
Don't call that student a fool. Nennen Sie diesen Schüler nicht einen Narren.
Don't call those students fools. Nennen Sie diese Studenten nicht Dummköpfe.
Sven was so verbose that his friends resorted to calling him a chatterbox. Sven war so wortreich, dass seine Freunde sich darauf verlegten, ihn ein Plappermaul zu nennen.
The reporter refused to name his sources. Der Reporter weigerte sich, seine Quellen zu nennen.
The liquid flow submits the container to what we call tangential stress. Die Flüssigkeitsströmung lässt im Behälter das entstehen, was wir Tangentialspannung nennen.

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Name, call - Nennen (The 191st Most Common German Word)
The beginning of wisdom is to call things by their proper name. Weisheit beginnt damit, die Dinge bei ihren wahren Namen zu nennen.
This we can call a work of art. Das kann man wirklich ein Kunstwerk nennen.
Name three things you associate with Europe. Nennen Sie drei Begriffe, die Sie mit Europa assoziieren.
Katrin Schena-Rau is proud to call herself an entrepreneur. Katrin Schena-Rau ist stolz, sich selbst Unternehmerin nennen zu dürfen.
It is not unreasonable to call it unique. Es ist nicht unvernünftig es einzigartig zu nennen.
Your institute will advise you of the name and address of the competent office. Ihr Institut wird Ihnen das für Sie zuständige Amt und Adresse nennen.
We make war a reality and call peace a dream. Machen den Krieg zur Wirklichkeit und nennen Frieden einen Traum.
Therefore, you do not have to tell your name. Sie müssen also Ihren Namen nicht nennen.
Tell the sender Please tell your name and your e-mail-address, if you want to report a new project. Bitte nennen Sie Ihren Namen und Ihre E-mail-Adresse, wenn Sie ein neues Projekt zur Erfassung anmelden wollen, damit Rückfragen möglich sind.
Please use the inter phone to get in contact with the reception, tell your name and the receptionist will give you your parking number and open the barrier. Der Gast nennt seinen Namen, die Empfangsmitarbeiter nennen dem Gast seine Parkplatz-Nummer und öffnen die Schranke.
That means that you do not have to tell them your name. Das heißt, du musst nicht gleich deinen Namen nennen.
We therefore ask you to tell us your name. Deshalb bitten wir Sie, uns auch Ihren Namen zu nennen.
More often call a parrot by name, treat it affectionately. Häufiger nennen Sie einen Papagei beim Namen, behandeln Sie ihn liebevoll.

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Name, call - Nennen (The 191st Most Common German Word)

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