Nachfahre

[ˈnaːxˌfaːʁə]

/[ˈnaːxˌfaːʁə]/ noun

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Nachfahre
PropertyValue
HeadwordNachfahre
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈnaːxˌfaːʁə]
Letters9
Frequency rank#62,670
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Nachfahre“ im Deutschen

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.Nachfahrefällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Mündel“ (#62,669), „nationalistischer“ (#62,671), „mühevoll“ (#62,667). Unter 1,954 „N“-Lemmata liegt „Nachfahre“ bei #62,670. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

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

  1. 1
    Person, die von einem oder mehreren anderen unmittelbar oder mittelbar abstammt

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Manche Firma muss aus Altersgründen verkauft werden, wenn kein geeigneter Nachfahre zur Stelle ist.
  2. „Der Nachfahre der Pizarros befand sich dort mit zwei fremden Dienern und forderte hochmütig die Rückgabe der Lamas.“

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This word in other languages

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 "Nachfahre"?
"Nachfahre" is spelled N-A-C-H-F-A-H-R-E. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈnaːxˌfaːʁə].
What does "Nachfahre" mean?
As a noun, "Nachfahre" means: Person, die von einem oder mehreren anderen unmittelbar oder mittelbar abstammt
How do you pronounce "Nachfahre"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Nachfahre" is [ˈnaːxˌfaːʁə]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Nachfahre" come from?
"Nachfahre" 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 "Nachfahre", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list