nachforschend
[ˈnaːxˌfɔʁʃn̩t]
The verdict
“nachforschend” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 13
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Partizip Präsens des Verbs nachforschen
Corpus desk
Index DE-nachforschend · nachforschend · German
nachforschend · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 13 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "N" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | nachforschend |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˈnaːxˌfɔʁʃn̩t] |
| Letters | 13 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „nachforschend“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
nachforschend is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed [ˈnaːxˌfɔʁʃn̩t]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Partizip Präsens des Verbs nachforschen".
Zero misspellings are on record for nachforschend in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is nachforschend, spelled N-A-C-H-F-O-R-S-C-H-E-N-D.
Definition
- 1Partizip Präsens des Verbs nachforschen
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.