Nachen
German, noun/ˈnaxən/
Nachen is spelled N-A-C-H-E-N (6 letters) and appears about once in every 7 million words in written German, the 142,439th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Nachen is a German masculine noun meaning “small boat used on inland waters” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “kleines Wasserfahrzeug ohne Mast und Verdeck”.
What does Nachen mean in English?
noun
- 1
archaicmasculinesmall boat used on inland waters
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. kleines Wasserfahrzeug ohne Mast und Verdeck
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 Nachen
- Nachens genitive
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Nachen?
- /ˈnaxən/
- [ˈnaχn̩]
- [ˈnaxən]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Nachen in German?
Nachen appears about once in every 7 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).