nachjagen
German, verb[ˈnaːxˌjaːɡn̩]
nachjagen is spelled N-A-C-H-J-A-G-E-N (9 letters) and appears about once in every 6 million words in written German, the 127,251st most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Nachjagen is a German verb meaning “to pursue, to chase” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “sehr schnell folgen, oft um jemanden einzuholen”.
What does nachjagen mean in English?
verb
- 1
to pursue, to chase
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. sehr schnell folgen, oft um jemanden einzuholen 2. mit Macht und Einsatz zu erreichen/bekommen suchen 3. jemandem etwas (für den meist Negatives) nachschicken, zum Beispiel einen Fluch oder feindliche Kräfte
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of nachjagen
- jagt nach present singular third-person
- jagte nach past
- nachgejagt participle past
- haben auxiliary
- nachjagend participle present
- nachzujagen infinitive infinitive-zu
- jage nach first-person indicative present
- jagen nach first-person indicative plural
- jagst nach indicative present second-person
- jagest nach second-person singular subjunctive
- jaget nach plural second-person subjunctive
- jagten nach first-person indicative plural
- jagtest nach indicative preterite second-person
- jagtet nach indicative plural preterite
- jag nach! imperative singular
- jage nach! imperative singular
- jagt nach! imperative plural
- sein auxiliary perfect
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce nachjagen?
- [ˈnaːxˌjaːɡn̩]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to nachjagen
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is nachjagen in German?
nachjagen appears about once in every 6 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).