Auch bekannt als - a.k.a.

Okay, so I've been stewing over this for a while now.

"also know as" = a.k.a. -- commonly English usage.
I am familiar with "auch bekannt als" in German, but haven't seen it abbreviated as a.b.a. Is it ever used this way?

Or, is there another commonly used abbreviation for this?

I can't find anything about a.k.a.

But here is a table of English and German abbreviations and here is another list of German abbreviations on Wikipedia.

You could maybe use bzw. (beziehungsweise) is not the same as a.k.a. though..

hello,

there is nothink like a.b.a in the german language, lol.

and bzw. is respectively in english.

a.o. Prof. außerordentlicher Professor - an unusual professor?

yep. Germans don't appreviate "aka", at least it does not belong to the list of generally accepted abbreviatons


not really. it usually means "or" when presenting alternatives, ie "or rather" or "alternatively". It can mean "and...repsectively" but not just "respectively". It is a bit tricky to translate it into Englsh as we simply don't use it quite like they do, you just have to know how the Germans use it.

Or you could use 'usw.'. It is also not the same as a.k.a., but what the hell!

Bzw.

Context? Never translate anything without the context.

But in certain contexts you could try "sprich"

I am German and I don't know the abbrevation "a.b.a.", but without the context I can't come up with another alternative.

never knew thats what aka stood for. Thanks.

I like bzw in german (as OG says, difficult to translate directly though). One of my favourites along with 'zwar' and 'doch'

Sorry to be pedantic (for a change ), but that should be "also known as".

@ Kay
You are correct, of course. I will proofread before submitting next time.

Thanks for all of the input!

that would be "alias" in German

like a criminal named Tom (or whatever) would often tell people his name is Toby (or whatever) police would record "Tom alias Toby"

Yes... but an o.Prof. = ordentlicher Professor, "ordinary professor" outranks him.

It actually means a professor without a chair.

Which again does not mean that he has to stand, but it is in some Länder a second-rank professorship, comparable to an associate professor (sometimes the latin words Ordinarius and Extraordinarius are used). In the more mundane Länder, it is simply referred to as a "C3" or "W2", just reflecting the different pay grade.

Don't ask what außerplanmäßiger Professor is...