Deutsch homophones
nackt/nagt
"nackt" is an adjective; "nagt" is a verb - grammar picks the spelling, not sound. Size rank #38 of 483 German groups.
Data vintage
Grammar picks the spelling
Same sound, different grammar: "nackt" arrives as an adjective, while "nagt" is a verb. Once the sentence role is fixed, only one spelling fits.
Spelling pairs in this cluster
- Shared stem "na" then splits - "nackt" (5 letters) vs "nagt" (4).
Orthographic DNA of this cluster
Shared letters across nackt, nagt: ant. Private letters are the ones only one spelling owns: the eye's fastest tell once sound is out of the picture.
nackt
5 letters · 1 vowels · shape CVCCC
Inventory acknt · private ck
nagt
4 letters · 1 vowels · shape CVCC
Inventory agnt · private g
Pick the spelling from the meaning
- Write "nackt" when you mean: keine Bekleidung oder sonstige Bedeckung tragend; nicht bekleidet, nicht bedeckt
- Write "nagt" when you mean: 2. Person Plural Imperativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs nagen
Known mistypes of these spellings
Edit-distance variants recorded against this cluster: useful when a search or OCR feed lands on the wrong form.