nach wie vor
[naːx viː foːɐ̯]
The verdict
“nach wie vor” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a phrase. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 12
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - noch immer
Corpus desk
Index DE-nach-wie-vor · nach wie vor · German
nach wie vor · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 12 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 | nach wie vor |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Phrase |
| IPA | [naːx viː foːɐ̯] |
| Letters | 12 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „nach wie vor“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
nach wie vor is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as aphrase, transcribed [naːx viː foːɐ̯]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "noch immer".
No misspelling variants are generated for nach wie vor in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, 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 nach wie vor, spelled N-A-C-H- -W-I-E- -V-O-R.
Definition
- 1noch immer
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how nach wie vor appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Die Polizei kann nach wie vor nichts zur Unfallursache sagen.
Synonyms
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.