Nachhall
[ˈnaːxˌhal]
The verdict
“Nachhall” is uncommon German (frequency #63,584 among 1,954 “N” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #63,584
- frequency rank, German
- 1,954
- “N” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - allmähliches Abklingen eines Tons
Corpus desk
Index DE-nachhall · Nachhall · German
Nachhall · rank #63,584 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #63,584
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,954
- PHOTO-FINISH nachhaken
Nearest frequency peer: nachhaken (-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 „Nachhall“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- 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
- Nationalspi…
Nationalspielerin
36,412 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Nachhall“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Nachhall |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈnaːxˌhal] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #63,584 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Nachhall“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Nachhall is uncommon German at frequency #63,584 among 1,954 “N” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈnaːxˌhal]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "allmähliches Abklingen eines Tons".
Nachhall 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, 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 its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is Nachhall, spelled N-A-C-H-H-A-L-L.
Definition
- 1allmähliches Abklingen eines Tons
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Nachhall appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Es blieb ein Nachhall in der Luft, als hätte jemand auf einen Gong geschlagen.“
„Ich rekonstruiere aus dem Nachhall in meinen Ohren das, was Dietrich gerade gesagt hat und wiederhole es: ...“
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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