nachgibt
[ˈnaːxˌɡiːpt]
The verdict
“nachgibt” is uncommon German (frequency #54,747 among 26,919 “N” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #54,747
- frequency rank, German
- 26,919
- “N” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - 3. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv der Nebensatzkonjugation des Verbs nachgeben
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | nachgibt |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˈnaːxˌɡiːpt] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #54,747 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “nachgibt” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
nachgibt is uncommon German at frequency #54,747 among 26,919 “N” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [ˈnaːxˌɡiːpt]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "3. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv der Nebensatzkonjugation des Verbs nachgeben".
nachgibt doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. 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.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is nachgibt, spelled N-A-C-H-G-I-B-T.
Definition
- 13. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv der Nebensatzkonjugation des Verbs nachgeben
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.
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Using “nachgibt”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is N-A-C-H-G-I-B-T - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈnaːxˌɡiːpt] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.