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körpernah

German, adjective/ˈkœʁpɐˌnaː/

körpernah is spelled K-Ö-R-P-E-R-N-A-H (9 letters) and appears about once in every 35 million words in written German, the 352,658th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Körpernah is a German adjective meaning “close to the body, close-fitting” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).

What does körpernah mean in English?

adjective

  1. 1

    close to the body, close-fitting

Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Forms of körpernah

  • körpernaher masculine nominative singular
  • körpernäher comparative
  • am körpernächsten superlative
  • körpernahe feminine nominative singular
  • körpernahes neuter nominative singular
  • körpernahen genitive masculine singular
  • körpernahem dative masculine singular
  • der körpernahe definite includes-article masculine
  • die körpernahe definite feminine includes-article
  • das körpernahe definite includes-article neuter
  • die körpernahen definite includes-article nominative
  • des körpernahen definite genitive includes-article
  • der körpernahen definite feminine genitive
  • dem körpernahen dative definite includes-article

Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce körpernah?

  • /ˈkœʁpɐˌnaː/
  • [ˈkʰœʁpɐˌnaː]
  • [ˈkʰœɐ̯pɐˌnaː]

Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

How common is körpernah in German?

körpernah appears about once in every 35 million words in written German.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

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