nachgerade
German, adverb/ˈnaːx.ɡəˌʁaːdə/
nachgerade is spelled N-A-C-H-G-E-R-A-D-E (10 letters) and appears about once in every 5 million words in written German, the 107,140th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Nachgerade is a German adverb meaning “downright; positively; well-nigh” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “endlich, letztlich”.
What does nachgerade mean in English?
adverb
- 1
downright; positively; well-nigh
- 2
archaicgradually; finally
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adverb: 1. endlich, letztlich 2. geradezu, direkt 3. in allmählichem Verlauf/Prozess; allgemach, allmählich, nach und nach
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
How do you pronounce nachgerade?
- /ˈnaːx.ɡəˌʁaːdə/
- Germany /ˈnaːxˌɡʁaːdə/
- /ˈnaːx.ɡeˌʁaːdɛ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is nachgerade in German?
nachgerade appears about once in every 5 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).