Nabob
[ˈnaːbɔp]
The verdict
“Nabob” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 5
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Provinzgouverneur in den indischen islamischen Reichen (Ehrentitel)
Corpus desk
Index DE-nabob · Nabob · German
Nabob · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 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 | Nabob |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈnaːbɔp] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Nabob“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Nabob is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈnaːbɔp]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for Nabob in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is Nabob, spelled N-A-B-O-B.
Definition
- 1Provinzgouverneur in den indischen islamischen Reichen (Ehrentitel)
- 2ungeheuer reicher Mann
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Nabob appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Es gab Nabobs in jenen Tagen - ich meine, in der Zeit der Konjunktur.“
„Von Kepis Standpunkt aus sind alle Nabobs.“
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.