nachging

[ˈnaːxˌɡɪŋ]

/[ˈnaːxˌɡɪŋ]/ verb

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The verdict

“nachging” is uncommon German (frequency #85,620 among 1,954 “N” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#85,620
frequency rank, German
1,954
“N” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - 1. Person Singular Indikativ Präteritum Aktiv der Nebensatzkonjugation des Verbs nachgehen

Corpus desk

Index DE-nachging · nachging · German

nachging · rank #85,620 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #85,620
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,954
  • PHOTO-FINISH nachgeguckt

Nearest frequency peer: nachgeguckt (-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 „nachging“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for nachging
PropertyValue
Headwordnachging
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[ˈnaːxˌɡɪŋ]
Letters8
Frequency rank#85,620
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „nachging“ im Deutschen

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.nachgingfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Achse ist logarithmisch: jeder Tick markiert etwa zehnfach geringere Häufigkeit. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „nachgeguckt“ (#85,619), „nachkam“ (#85,621), „nachgab“ (#85,618). Unter 1,954 „N“-Lemmata liegt „nachging“ bei #85,620. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

nachging is uncommon German at frequency #85,620 among 1,954 “N” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [ˈnaːxˌɡɪŋ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

nachging has no tracked misspelling variants, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is nachging, spelled N-A-C-H-G-I-N-G.

Definition

  1. 1
    1. Person Singular Indikativ Präteritum Aktiv der Nebensatzkonjugation des Verbs nachgehen
  2. 2
    3. Person Singular Indikativ Präteritum Aktiv der Nebensatzkonjugation des Verbs nachgehen

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 "nachging"?
"nachging" is spelled N-A-C-H-G-I-N-G. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈnaːxˌɡɪŋ].
What does "nachging" mean?
As a verb, "nachging" means: 1. Person Singular Indikativ Präteritum Aktiv der Nebensatzkonjugation des Verbs nachgehen
How do you pronounce "nachging"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "nachging" is [ˈnaːxˌɡɪŋ]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "nachging" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

mitmache#85,595obszönen#85,654Pankreas#85,672Maikäfer#85,546

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list