nachklingen
German, verb/ˈnaːxˌklɪŋən/
nachklingen is spelled N-A-C-H-K-L-I-N-G-E-N (11 letters) and appears about once in every 13 million words in written German, the 202,985th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Nachklingen is a German verb meaning “to linger (on), to echo (of sounds)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “als Ton nach dem Abschluss noch in der Luft liegen, (scheinbar) noch zu hören sein”.
What does nachklingen mean in English?
verb
- 1
to linger (on), to echo (of sounds)
- 2
to resonate, to echo, to linger (on)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. als Ton nach dem Abschluss noch in der Luft liegen, (scheinbar) noch zu hören sein 2. in seinem Einfluss weiterwirken
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 nachklingen
- klingt nach present singular third-person
- klang nach past
- nachgeklungen participle past
- klänge nach past subjunctive
- haben auxiliary
- 3 strong
- nachklingend participle present
- nachzuklingen infinitive infinitive-zu
- klinge nach first-person indicative present
- klingen nach first-person indicative plural
- klingst nach indicative present second-person
- klingest nach second-person singular subjunctive
- klinget nach plural second-person subjunctive
- klangen nach first-person indicative plural
- klängen nach first-person formal plural
- klangst nach indicative preterite second-person
- klangt nach indicative plural preterite
- klängest nach formal rare second-person
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce nachklingen?
- /ˈnaːxˌklɪŋən/
- [ˈnaːxˌklɪŋn̩]
- [ˈnaːxˌklɪŋən]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to nachklingen
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is nachklingen in German?
nachklingen appears about once in every 13 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).