demnächst
German, adverb[ˌdeːmˈnɛːçst]
demnächst is spelled D-E-M-N-Ä-C-H-S-T (9 letters) and appears 22 times per million words in written German, the 3,656th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Demnächst is a German adverb meaning “soon, in a near time, in a short while, in near future” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “in nächster Zeit, in Kürze”.
What does demnächst mean in English?
adverb
- 1
soon, in a near time, in a short while, in near future
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adverb: 1. in nächster Zeit, in Kürze
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
How do you pronounce demnächst?
- [ˌdeːmˈnɛːçst]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is demnächst in German?
demnächst appears 22 times per million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).