nachdenken
[ˈnaːxˌdɛŋkn̩]
The verdict
“nachdenken” is a regularly-used German word, ranked #3,059 in German word frequency and used as a verb.
- #3,059
- frequency rank, German
- 10
- letters
- 16
- tracked misspellings
- 3
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - sich eingehend in Gedanken mit etwas oder jemandem beschäftigen
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | nachdenken |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˈnaːxˌdɛŋkn̩] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #3,059 |
| Misspellings tracked | 16 |
| Confusable pairs | 3 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “nachdenken” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for nachdenken is 10 letters long, classified as a verb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈnaːxˌdɛŋkn̩]. Corpus data places it at rank #3,059 in overall German word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "sich eingehend in Gedanken mit etwas oder jemandem beschäftigen".
Our generated misspelling index lists 16 likely wrong-spelling variants for nachdenken, with forms such as "anchdenken", "nacchdenken", and "nacdhenken". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 3 confusable-pair relationships, "nachdenkt", "nachzudenken", "nachdenke", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is nachdenken, spelled N-A-C-H-D-E-N-K-E-N.
Definition
- 1sich eingehend in Gedanken mit etwas oder jemandem beschäftigen
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: anchdenken,nacchdenken,nacdhenken,nachddenken,nachdeknen,nachdenekn,nachdenkenn,nachdenkken,nachdenkne,nachdennken,nachdneken,nachednken,nachhdenken,nahcdenken,ncahdenken,nnachdenken
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of nachdenken - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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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Using “nachdenken”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is N-A-C-H-D-E-N-K-E-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈnaːxˌdɛŋkn̩] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “nachdenkt” - see the side-by-side comparison. nachdenken vs nachdenkt
- Browse more German words and confusable pairs in the same reference. German words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.