nacheilen
German, verb/ˈnaːxˌaɪ̯lən/
nacheilen is spelled N-A-C-H-E-I-L-E-N (9 letters) and appears about once in every 45 million words in written German, the 401,709th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Nacheilen is a German verb meaning “to hurry after” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “schnell hinterherjagen; zum Beispiel jemandem raschen Schrittes folgen, um ihn einzuholen”.
What does nacheilen mean in English?
verb
- 1
to hurry after
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. schnell hinterherjagen; zum Beispiel jemandem raschen Schrittes folgen, um ihn einzuholen
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of nacheilen
- eilt nach present singular third-person
- eilte nach past
- nachgeeilt participle past
- haben auxiliary
- nacheilend participle present
- nachzueilen infinitive infinitive-zu
- eile nach first-person indicative present
- eilen nach first-person indicative plural
- eilst nach indicative present second-person
- eilest nach second-person singular subjunctive
- eilet nach plural second-person subjunctive
- eilten nach first-person indicative plural
- eiltest nach indicative preterite second-person
- eiltet nach indicative plural preterite
- eil nach! imperative singular
- eile nach! imperative singular
- eilt nach! imperative plural
- sein auxiliary perfect
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce nacheilen?
- /ˈnaːxˌaɪ̯lən/
- [ˈnaːxˌʔaɪ̯lən]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to nacheilen
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is nacheilen in German?
nacheilen appears about once in every 45 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).