nachgebessert

[ˈnaːxɡəˌbɛsɐt]

/[ˈnaːxɡəˌbɛsɐt]/ verb

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The verdict

“nachgebessert” is uncommon German (frequency #58,118 among 1,954 “N” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#58,118
frequency rank, German
1,954
“N” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Partizip Perfekt des Verbs nachbessern

Corpus desk

Index DE-nachgebessert · nachgebessert · German

nachgebessert · rank #58,118 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #58,118
  • LEN-MEGA 13 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,954
  • PHOTO-FINISH Nachfolgen

Nearest frequency peer: Nachfolgen (-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 „nachgebessert“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for nachgebessert
PropertyValue
Headwordnachgebessert
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[ˈnaːxɡəˌbɛsɐt]
Letters13
Frequency rank#58,118
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „nachgebessert“ im Deutschen

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).nachgebessertfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Nachfolgen“ (#58,117), „Nachlässe“ (#58,119), „nachweisbaren“ (#58,120). Unter 1,954 „N“-Lemmata liegt „nachgebessert“ bei #58,118. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

nachgebessert is uncommon German at frequency #58,118 among 1,954 “N” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [ˈnaːxɡəˌbɛsɐt]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Partizip Perfekt des Verbs nachbessern".

Zero misspellings are on record for nachgebessert in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is nachgebessert, spelled N-A-C-H-G-E-B-E-S-S-E-R-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Partizip Perfekt des Verbs nachbessern

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 "nachgebessert"?
"nachgebessert" is spelled N-A-C-H-G-E-B-E-S-S-E-R-T. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈnaːxɡəˌbɛsɐt].
What does "nachgebessert" mean?
As a verb, "nachgebessert" means: Partizip Perfekt des Verbs nachbessern
How do you pronounce "nachgebessert"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "nachgebessert" is [ˈnaːxɡəˌbɛsɐt]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "nachgebessert" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "nachgebessert", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 13 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

nachweisbaren#58,120Nationalrates#58,121märchenhaften#58,113Niederländern#58,128

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list