# der Rufname

der Rufname is a German noun meaning “call sign”. Forms: des Rufnamens, die Rufnamen.

## Forms

- Genitive: des Rufnamens
- Plural: die Rufnamen

## In other languages

- Русский: имя

## Meanings

1. a person’s main given name by which they are usually known (typically, but in German-speaking Europe not necessarily, the first given name)
   - Meine Vornamen sind Hans Emil Werner, aber mein Rufname ist Emil. — My given names are Hans Emil Werner, but I am called Emil.
2. call sign

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