nachdenklicher

[ˈnaːxˌdɛŋklɪçɐ]

/[ˈnaːxˌdɛŋklɪçɐ]/ adj

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The verdict

“nachdenklicher” is uncommon German (frequency #80,711 among 1,954 “N” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#80,711
frequency rank, German
1,954
“N” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Nominativ Singular Maskulinum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs nachdenklich

Corpus desk

Index DE-nachdenklicher · nachdenklicher · German

nachdenklicher · rank #80,711 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #80,711
  • LEN-MEGA 14 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,954
  • PHOTO-FINISH Nabucco

Nearest frequency peer: Nabucco (-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 „nachdenklicher“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „nachdenklicher“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for nachdenklicher
PropertyValue
Headwordnachdenklicher
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdjective
IPA[ˈnaːxˌdɛŋklɪçɐ]
Letters14
Frequency rank#80,711
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „nachdenklicher“ im Deutschen

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.nachdenklicherfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Nabucco“ (#80,710), „Mühsal“ (#80,709), „nachgewiesener“ (#80,713). Unter 1,954 „N“-Lemmata liegt „nachdenklicher“ bei #80,711. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

nachdenklicher is uncommon German at frequency #80,711 among 1,954 “N” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ˈnaːxˌdɛŋklɪçɐ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 5 senses are on record.

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for nachdenklicher, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, 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 nachdenklicher, spelled N-A-C-H-D-E-N-K-L-I-C-H-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Nominativ Singular Maskulinum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs nachdenklich
  2. 2
    Genitiv Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs nachdenklich
  3. 3
    Dativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs nachdenklich
  4. 4
    Genitiv Plural alle Genera der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs nachdenklich
  5. 5
    Nominativ Singular Maskulinum der gemischten Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs nachdenklich

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "nachdenklicher"?
"nachdenklicher" is spelled N-A-C-H-D-E-N-K-L-I-C-H-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈnaːxˌdɛŋklɪçɐ].
What does "nachdenklicher" mean?
As an adjective, "nachdenklicher" means: Nominativ Singular Maskulinum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs nachdenklich
How do you pronounce "nachdenklicher"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "nachdenklicher" is [ˈnaːxˌdɛŋklɪçɐ]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "nachdenklicher" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "nachdenklicher", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 14 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

nachgewiesener#80,713neonazistische#80,726Modedesignerin#80,691Mittelrheintal#80,687

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list