# nah vs nei

> German confusable word pair

## The two words

### nah
*adjective · IPA [naː] · frequency rank #2,353*
räumlich wenig entfernt

### nei
*verb · IPA […] · frequency rank #38,309*
verneinen, negieren, abstreiten

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-09-03.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/de/vs/nah-vs-nei