# nah vs new

> German confusable word pair

## The two words

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

### new
*adjective · IPA [njuː] · frequency rank #688*
neu

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/de/vs/nah-vs-new