nachdunkeln
[ˈnaːxˌdʊŋkl̩n]
The verdict
“nachdunkeln” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 11
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - mit der Zeit dunkler werden
Corpus desk
Index DE-nachdunkeln · nachdunkeln · German
nachdunkeln · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "N" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | nachdunkeln |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˈnaːxˌdʊŋkl̩n] |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „nachdunkeln“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
nachdunkeln is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed [ˈnaːxˌdʊŋkl̩n]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "mit der Zeit dunkler werden".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for nachdunkeln, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, 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 nachdunkeln, spelled N-A-C-H-D-U-N-K-E-L-N.
Definition
- 1mit der Zeit dunkler werden
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how nachdunkeln appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Das Leder ist nachgedunkelt.
Das Holz hat nachgedunkelt.
Antonyms
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.