Nachfahre
[ˈnaːxˌfaːʁə]
The verdict
“Nachfahre” is uncommon German (frequency #62,670 among 1,954 “N” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #62,670
- frequency rank, German
- 1,954
- “N” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Person, die von einem oder mehreren anderen unmittelbar oder mittelbar abstammt
Corpus desk
Index DE-nachfahre · Nachfahre · German
Nachfahre · rank #62,670 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #62,670
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,954
- PHOTO-FINISH Mündel
Nearest frequency peer: Mündel (-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 „Nachfahre“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- mörderisch
mörderisch
37,335 corpus weight
- mühevoll
mühevoll
37,334 corpus weight
- Mündel
Mündel
37,332 corpus weight
- Nachfahre
Nachfahre
37,331 corpus weight
- nationalist…
nationalistischer
37,330 corpus weight
- Naturkundem…
Naturkundemuseum
37,328 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Nachfahre“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Nachfahre |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈnaːxˌfaːʁə] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #62,670 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Nachfahre“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Nachfahre is uncommon German at frequency #62,670 among 1,954 “N” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈnaːxˌfaːʁə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Person, die von einem oder mehreren anderen unmittelbar oder mittelbar abstammt".
No misspelling variants are generated for Nachfahre in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct German form is Nachfahre, spelled N-A-C-H-F-A-H-R-E.
Definition
- 1Person, die von einem oder mehreren anderen unmittelbar oder mittelbar abstammt
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Nachfahre appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Manche Firma muss aus Altersgründen verkauft werden, wenn kein geeigneter Nachfahre zur Stelle ist.
„Der Nachfahre der Pizarros befand sich dort mit zwei fremden Dienern und forderte hochmütig die Rückgabe der Lamas.“
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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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