nachbilden
[ˈnaːxˌbɪldn̩]
The verdict
“nachbilden” is uncommon German (frequency #74,905 among 1,954 “N” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #74,905
- frequency rank, German
- 1,954
- “N” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - etwas nach einem Vorbild gestalten
Corpus desk
Index DE-nachbilden · nachbilden · German
nachbilden · rank #74,905 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #74,905
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,954
- PHOTO-FINISH nachgerechnet
Nearest frequency peer: nachgerechnet (+2 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 „nachbilden“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- mutlos
mutlos
25,101 corpus weight
- Mylord
Mylord
25,100 corpus weight
- Mönchs
Mönchs
25,099 corpus weight
- nachbilden
nachbilden
25,096 corpus weight
- nachgerechn…
nachgerechnet
25,094 corpus weight
- Nachschuss
Nachschuss
25,092 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „nachbilden“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | nachbilden |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˈnaːxˌbɪldn̩] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #74,905 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „nachbilden“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
nachbilden is uncommon German at frequency #74,905 among 1,954 “N” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [ˈnaːxˌbɪldn̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "etwas nach einem Vorbild gestalten".
No misspelling variants are generated for nachbilden in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, 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 nachbilden, spelled N-A-C-H-B-I-L-D-E-N.
Definition
- 1etwas nach einem Vorbild gestalten
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how nachbilden appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Die Skulptur wurde dem Original so genau wie möglich nachgebildet.
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); 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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