Epithet

"Epithet" in German

Attribut

(term used to characterize a person or thing)

Beiname

(term used to characterize a person or thing)

Beiname

(term used as a descriptive substitute for the name or title of a person)

Beiwort

(term used to characterize a person or thing)

Beiwort

(term used as a descriptive substitute for the name or title of a person)

Epitheton

(term used to characterize a person or thing)

Epitheton

(word in the scientific name of a taxon following the name of the genus or species)

Schimpfname

(abusive or contemptuous word or phrase)

Schimpfwort

(abusive or contemptuous word or phrase)

Spitzname

(term used as a descriptive substitute for the name or title of a person)

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.