nachhaltig

/[ˈnaːxhaltɪç]/ adj

Letters

10 characters

Frequency Rank

#5,740

in German word usage

Misspellings

14

tracked variants

Confusables

4

similar word pairs

nachhaltig is anGermanadj. It means: auf deutliche Art und Weise anhaltend, lange nachwirkend, dauernd Pronounced [ˈnaːxhaltɪç]. It ranks #5,740 in German word frequency. Often confused with nachhaltige and nachhaltigen.

Key facts for nachhaltig
PropertyValue
Headwordnachhaltig
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdj
IPA[ˈnaːxhaltɪç]
Letters10
Frequency rank#5,740
Misspellings tracked14
Confusable pairs4
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of nachhaltig in German word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for nachhaltig is 10 letters long, classified as anadj, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈnaːxhaltɪç]. Corpus data places it at rank #5,740 in overall German word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 14 documented wrong-spelling variants for nachhaltig, with forms such as "anchhaltig", "nacchhaltig", and "nachahltig". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 4 confusable-pair relationships, "nachhaltige", "nachhaltigen", "nachhaltiger", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct German form is nachhaltig, spelled N-A-C-H-H-A-L-T-I-G, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    auf deutliche Art und Weise anhaltend, lange nachwirkend, dauernd
  2. 2
    nach den Prinzipien der Nachhaltigkeit handelnd oder organisiert

Antonyms

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: anchhaltig,nacchhaltig,nachahltig,nachaltig,nachhalitg,nachhalltig,nachhaltgi,nachhaltigg,nachhalttig,nachhatlig,nachhlatig,nahchaltig,ncahhaltig,nnachhaltig

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for nachhaltig

Misspelling Variants of "nachhaltig"

anchhaltig10nacchhaltig11nachahltig10nachaltig9nachhalitg10nachhalltig11nachhaltgi10nachhaltigg11
Misspelling Variants of "nachhaltig"

Frequency rank: #5,740 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "nachhaltig"?
"nachhaltig" is spelled N-A-C-H-H-A-L-T-I-G. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈnaːxhaltɪç].
What does "nachhaltig" mean?
As an adj, "nachhaltig" means: auf deutliche Art und Weise anhaltend, lange nachwirkend, dauernd
What words are commonly confused with "nachhaltig"?
"nachhaltig" is commonly confused with "nachhaltige", "nachhaltigen", "nachhaltiger". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "nachhaltig"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "nachhaltig" is [ˈnaːxhaltɪç]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "nachhaltig" come from?
"nachhaltig" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.