nachdenklicher
[ˈnaːxˌdɛŋklɪçɐ]
The verdict
“nachdenklicher” is uncommon German (frequency #80,711 among 26,919 “N” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #80,711
- frequency rank, German
- 26,919
- “N” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Nominativ Singular Maskulinum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs nachdenklich
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | nachdenklicher |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [ˈnaːxˌdɛŋklɪçɐ] |
| Letters | 14 |
| Frequency rank | #80,711 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “nachdenklicher” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
nachdenklicher is uncommon German at frequency #80,711 among 26,919 “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
- 1Nominativ Singular Maskulinum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs nachdenklich
- 2Genitiv Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs nachdenklich
- 3Dativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs nachdenklich
- 4Genitiv Plural alle Genera der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs nachdenklich
- 5Nominativ 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.
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Using “nachdenklicher”
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-L-I-C-H-E-R - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.