die Nerven verlieren
[diː ˈnɛʁfn̩ fɛɐ̯ˈliːʁən]
The verdict
“die Nerven verlieren” is outside the top-ranked German vocabulary, used as a phrase - the kind of word writers most often double-check.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 20
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - unangemessen heftig, panisch, unbeherrscht reagieren, kopflos werden
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | die Nerven verlieren |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Phrase |
| IPA | [diː ˈnɛʁfn̩ fɛɐ̯ˈliːʁən] |
| Letters | 20 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “die Nerven verlieren” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for die Nerven verlieren is 20 letters long, classified as a phrase, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [diː ˈnɛʁfn̩ fɛɐ̯ˈliːʁən]. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "unangemessen heftig, panisch, unbeherrscht reagieren, kopflos werden".
No generated misspelling entries exist for die Nerven verlieren in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is die Nerven verlieren, spelled D-I-E- -N-E-R-V-E-N- -V-E-R-L-I-E-R-E-N.
Definition
- 1unangemessen heftig, panisch, unbeherrscht reagieren, kopflos werden
Antonyms
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “die Nerven verlieren”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is D-I-E- -N-E-R-V-E-N- -V-E-R-L-I-E-R-E-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [diː ˈnɛʁfn̩ fɛɐ̯ˈliːʁən] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.