nachgezählt

[ˈnaːxɡəˌt͡sɛːlt]

/[ˈnaːxɡəˌt͡sɛːlt]/ verb

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The verdict

“nachgezählt” is uncommon German (frequency #89,329 among 26,919 “N” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#89,329
frequency rank, German
26,919
“N” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Partizip Perfekt des Verbs nachzählen

Key facts for nachgezählt
PropertyValue
Headwordnachgezählt
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[ˈnaːxɡəˌt͡sɛːlt]
Letters11
Frequency rank#89,329
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “nachgezählt” sits in German frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). nachgezählt lands here:

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

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

nachgezählt is uncommon German at frequency #89,329 among 26,919 “N” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [ˈnaːxɡəˌt͡sɛːlt]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Partizip Perfekt des Verbs nachzählen".

We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for nachgezählt, 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, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is nachgezählt, spelled N-A-C-H-G-E-Z-Ä-H-L-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Partizip Perfekt des Verbs nachzählen

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 "nachgezählt"?
"nachgezählt" is spelled N-A-C-H-G-E-Z-Ä-H-L-T. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈnaːxɡəˌt͡sɛːlt].
What does "nachgezählt" mean?
As a verb, "nachgezählt" means: Partizip Perfekt des Verbs nachzählen
How do you pronounce "nachgezählt"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "nachgezählt" is [ˈnaːxɡəˌt͡sɛːlt]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "nachgezählt" come from?
"nachgezählt" is a German word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Using “nachgezählt”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct German spelling is N-A-C-H-G-E-Z-Ä-H-L-T - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as [ˈnaːxɡəˌt͡sɛːlt] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
  • Browse more German words and confusable pairs in the same reference. German words

Other uncommon German words near this rank

Data Source

Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list