nachhaken

[ˈnaːxˌhaːkn̩]

/[ˈnaːxˌhaːkn̩]/ verb

The verdict

“nachhaken” is uncommon German (frequency #63,583 among 1,954 “N” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#63,583
frequency rank, German
1,954
“N” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - weitere Informationen haben wollen, eine weitere Frage stellen

Corpus desk

Index DE-nachhaken · nachhaken · German

nachhaken · rank #63,583 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #63,583
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,954
  • PHOTO-FINISH Nachhall

Nearest frequency peer: Nachhall (+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 „nachhaken“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for nachhaken
PropertyValue
Headwordnachhaken
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[ˈnaːxˌhaːkn̩]
Letters9
Frequency rank#63,583
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „nachhaken“ im Deutschen

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).nachhakenfällt 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: „Nachhall“ (#63,584), „Männermannschaft“ (#63,580), „musterte“ (#63,578). Unter 1,954 „N“-Lemmata liegt „nachhaken“ bei #63,583. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

nachhaken is uncommon German at frequency #63,583 among 1,954 “N” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [ˈnaːxˌhaːkn̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

nachhaken doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. 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.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct German form is nachhaken, spelled N-A-C-H-H-A-K-E-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    weitere Informationen haben wollen, eine weitere Frage stellen
  2. 2
    mit dem Fuß einen Haken um den Knöchel eines Gegners bilden und diesen zu Fall bringen

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Der Kunde war mit der Erklärung noch nicht zufrieden und hakte bei dem Verkäufer nach.
  2. Der Journalist ließ sich nicht mit ausweichenden Antworten abfertigen und hakte im Interview mit dem Politiker nach.

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 "nachhaken"?
"nachhaken" is spelled N-A-C-H-H-A-K-E-N. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈnaːxˌhaːkn̩].
What does "nachhaken" mean?
As a verb, "nachhaken" means: weitere Informationen haben wollen, eine weitere Frage stellen
How do you pronounce "nachhaken"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "nachhaken" is [ˈnaːxˌhaːkn̩]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list