nacheifern

[ˈnaːxˌʔaɪ̯fɐn]

/[ˈnaːxˌʔaɪ̯fɐn]/ verb

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The verdict

“nacheifern” is uncommon German (frequency #81,905 among 1,954 “N” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#81,905
frequency rank, German
1,954
“N” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - sich sehr bemühen, etwas so zu machen wie sein Vorbild

Corpus desk

Index DE-nacheifern · nacheifern · German

nacheifern · rank #81,905 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #81,905
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,954
  • PHOTO-FINISH Nachbeben

Nearest frequency peer: Nachbeben (-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 „nacheifern“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for nacheifern
PropertyValue
Headwordnacheifern
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[ˈnaːxˌʔaɪ̯fɐn]
Letters10
Frequency rank#81,905
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „nacheifern“ im Deutschen

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).nacheifernfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Achse ist logarithmisch: jeder Tick markiert etwa zehnfach geringere Häufigkeit. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Nachbeben“ (#81,904), „nachgehakt“ (#81,906), „Nachrichtentechnik“ (#81,907). Unter 1,954 „N“-Lemmata liegt „nacheifern“ bei #81,905. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

nacheifern is uncommon German at frequency #81,905 among 1,954 “N” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [ˈnaːxˌʔaɪ̯fɐn]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "sich sehr bemühen, etwas so zu machen wie sein Vorbild".

No misspelling variants are generated for nacheifern in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is nacheifern, spelled N-A-C-H-E-I-F-E-R-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    sich sehr bemühen, etwas so zu machen wie sein Vorbild

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how nacheifern appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. „Er meinte, seinem angebeteten Meister wie in seinem Studium, so auch in der Wahl seiner Gattin nacheifern zu müssen.“
  2. „An irgendwelchen Taktik-Tischen wurden immer neue Modelle entworfen, und sobald sie Erfolg hatten, wurde ihnen nachgeeifert.“

Synonyms

nachstreben

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 "nacheifern"?
"nacheifern" is spelled N-A-C-H-E-I-F-E-R-N. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈnaːxˌʔaɪ̯fɐn].
What does "nacheifern" mean?
As a verb, "nacheifern" means: sich sehr bemühen, etwas so zu machen wie sein Vorbild
How do you pronounce "nacheifern"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "nacheifern" is [ˈnaːxˌʔaɪ̯fɐn]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "nacheifern" come from?
"nacheifern" is a German word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

nachgehakt#81,906Musikpreis#81,897Nordgrenze#81,931Messwerten#81,871

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list