nachhaken
[ˈnaːxˌhaːkn̩]
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
- Muskat
Muskat
36,424 corpus weight
- musterte
musterte
36,423 corpus weight
- Männermanns…
Männermannschaft
36,421 corpus weight
- nachhaken
nachhaken
36,418 corpus weight
- Nachhall
Nachhall
36,417 corpus weight
- narzisstisc…
narzisstische
36,413 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „nachhaken“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | nachhaken |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˈnaːxˌhaːkn̩] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #63,583 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „nachhaken“ im Deutschen
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
- 1weitere Informationen haben wollen, eine weitere Frage stellen
- 2mit dem Fuß einen Haken um den Knöchel eines Gegners bilden und diesen zu Fall bringen
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how nachhaken appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Der Kunde war mit der Erklärung noch nicht zufrieden und hakte bei dem Verkäufer nach.
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.
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