nachkaufen
[ˈnaːxˌkaʊ̯fn̩]
The verdict
“nachkaufen” is uncommon German (frequency #67,542 among 26,919 “N” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #67,542
- frequency rank, German
- 26,919
- “N” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - mehr von etwas erwerben (kaufen), weil das, was man zuvor kaufte, verbraucht oder weg ist
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | nachkaufen |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˈnaːxˌkaʊ̯fn̩] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #67,542 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “nachkaufen” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
nachkaufen is uncommon German at frequency #67,542 among 26,919 “N” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [ˈnaːxˌkaʊ̯fn̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "mehr von etwas erwerben (kaufen), weil das, was man zuvor kaufte, verbraucht oder weg ist".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for nachkaufen, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is nachkaufen, spelled N-A-C-H-K-A-U-F-E-N.
Definition
- 1mehr von etwas erwerben (kaufen), weil das, was man zuvor kaufte, verbraucht oder weg ist
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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The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is N-A-C-H-K-A-U-F-E-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.