nachbessern
[ˈnaːxˌbɛsɐn]
The verdict
“nachbessern” is uncommon German (frequency #50,742 among 1,954 “N” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #50,742
- frequency rank, German
- 1,954
- “N” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - erneut bearbeiten (weil zum Beispiel ein Mangel oder Fehler aufgetreten ist), um die Qualität zu erhöhen
Corpus desk
Index DE-nachbessern · nachbessern · German
nachbessern · rank #50,742 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #50,742
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,954
- PHOTO-FINISH mürrisch
Nearest frequency peer: mürrisch (-1 rank slots)
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.
Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „nachbessern“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- müder
müder
49,261 corpus weight
- mürrisch
mürrisch
49,260 corpus weight
- nachbessern
nachbessern
49,259 corpus weight
- Nachlässigk…
Nachlässigkeit
49,258 corpus weight
- Nachthemd
Nachthemd
49,257 corpus weight
- Nachtzug
Nachtzug
49,256 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „nachbessern“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | nachbessern |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˈnaːxˌbɛsɐn] |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #50,742 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „nachbessern“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
nachbessern is uncommon German at frequency #50,742 among 1,954 “N” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [ˈnaːxˌbɛsɐn]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
nachbessern doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is nachbessern, spelled N-A-C-H-B-E-S-S-E-R-N.
Definition
- 1erneut bearbeiten (weil zum Beispiel ein Mangel oder Fehler aufgetreten ist), um die Qualität zu erhöhen
- 2(vor dem Abschluss) überarbeiten, damit das Ergebnis/Angebot attraktiver/passender wird
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how nachbessern appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Hier muss noch mal nachgebessert werden, hier wölbt sich das Furnier.
„Nach Bayern muss auch Hessen sein Verfassungsschutzgesetz nachbessern.“
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Similar German words by spelling shape
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Frequency-ranked German headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).