nachgiebig

[ˈnaːxˌɡiːbɪç]

/[ˈnaːxˌɡiːbɪç]/ adj

The verdict

“nachgiebig” is uncommon German (frequency #97,431 among 1,954 “N” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#97,431
frequency rank, German
1,954
“N” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - einen Standpunkt nicht konsequent verfolgend

Corpus desk

Index DE-nachgiebig · nachgiebig · German

nachgiebig · rank #97,431 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #97,431
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,954
  • PHOTO-FINISH nachfolgendem

Nearest frequency peer: nachfolgendem (-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 „nachgiebig“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for nachgiebig
PropertyValue
Headwordnachgiebig
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdjective
IPA[ˈnaːxˌɡiːbɪç]
Letters10
Frequency rank#97,431
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „nachgiebig“ im Deutschen

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

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

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „nachfolgendem“ (#97,430), „nachsteht“ (#97,432), „Nachtfalter“ (#97,433). Unter 1,954 „N“-Lemmata liegt „nachgiebig“ bei #97,431. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

nachgiebig is uncommon German at frequency #97,431 among 1,954 “N” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ˈnaːxˌɡiːbɪç]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for nachgiebig, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, 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 nachgiebig, spelled N-A-C-H-G-I-E-B-I-G.

Definition

  1. 1
    einen Standpunkt nicht konsequent verfolgend
  2. 2
    leicht verformbar

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how nachgiebig appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Mancher mag eine Entscheidung nachgiebig finden, ein anderer findet sie selbstvergessen.
  2. „Auch gegenüber dem rabiaten Expansionskurs der USA zeigte sich die britische Regierung nachgiebig.“

Synonyms

Antonyms

This word in other languages

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 "nachgiebig"?
"nachgiebig" is spelled N-A-C-H-G-I-E-B-I-G. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈnaːxˌɡiːbɪç].
What does "nachgiebig" mean?
As an adjective, "nachgiebig" means: einen Standpunkt nicht konsequent verfolgend
How do you pronounce "nachgiebig"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "nachgiebig" is [ˈnaːxˌɡiːbɪç]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "nachgiebig" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list