Nabelschau
[ˈnaːbl̩ʃaʊ̯]
The verdict
“Nabelschau” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - übertriebene Beschäftigung mit sich selbst
Corpus desk
Index DE-nabelschau · Nabelschau · German
Nabelschau · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-4 4 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 | Nabelschau |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈnaːbl̩ʃaʊ̯] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Nabelschau“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Nabelschau is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈnaːbl̩ʃaʊ̯]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "übertriebene Beschäftigung mit sich selbst".
No misspelling variants are generated for Nabelschau in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, 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 spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is Nabelschau, spelled N-A-B-E-L-S-C-H-A-U.
Definition
- 1übertriebene Beschäftigung mit sich selbst
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Nabelschau appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„In der aufgeheizten Berliner Atmosphäre, so schildert es einer der damaligen Hauptakteure, habe »die deutsche Nabelschau ihre Apotheose« erlebt. Libyen hat den Glauben an die Berechenbarkeit und Verlässlichkeit der deutschen Außenpolitik tief erschüttert.“
This word in other languages
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.