n.
The verdict
“n.” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as an abbreviation. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 2
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Abkürzung für nach
Corpus desk
Index DE-n · n. · German
n. · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-SHORT 2 letters
- VOW-0 0 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "N" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | n. |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Abbreviation |
| Letters | 2 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „n.“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
n. is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anabbreviation. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.
No generated misspelling entries exist for n. in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is n., spelled N-..
Definition
- 1Abkürzung für nach
- 2Abkürzung für neutral oder Neutrum (siehe auch Herkunft)
- 3Abkürzung für nördlich
- 4Abkürzung für namens
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how n. appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
300 m n. rechts
Oranienburg n. Berlin
This word in other languages
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