nachkochen

[ˈnaːxˌkɔxn̩]

/[ˈnaːxˌkɔxn̩]/ verb

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The verdict

“nachkochen” is uncommon German (frequency #89,330 among 1,954 “N” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#89,330
frequency rank, German
1,954
“N” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - ein Gericht, was jemand anderes zubereitet hat, auch zubereiten; ein fremdes Rezept verwenden

Corpus desk

Index DE-nachkochen · nachkochen · German

nachkochen · rank #89,330 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #89,330
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,954
  • PHOTO-FINISH nachgezählt

Nearest frequency peer: nachgezählt (-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 „nachkochen“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „nachkochen“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for nachkochen
PropertyValue
Headwordnachkochen
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[ˈnaːxˌkɔxn̩]
Letters10
Frequency rank#89,330
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „nachkochen“ im Deutschen

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).nachkochenfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „nachgezählt“ (#89,329), „Nachfolgestaaten“ (#89,328), „münsterschen“ (#89,327). Unter 1,954 „N“-Lemmata liegt „nachkochen“ bei #89,330. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

nachkochen is uncommon German at frequency #89,330 among 1,954 “N” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [ˈnaːxˌkɔxn̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "ein Gericht, was jemand anderes zubereitet hat, auch zubereiten; ein fremdes Rezept verwenden".

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for nachkochen, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is nachkochen, spelled N-A-C-H-K-O-C-H-E-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    ein Gericht, was jemand anderes zubereitet hat, auch zubereiten; ein fremdes Rezept verwenden

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how nachkochen appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. In der Kochsendung heute wurde ein vegetarisches Gericht gezeigt, dass ich unbedingt mal nachkochen möchte.

Antonyms

kreieren

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "nachkochen"?
"nachkochen" is spelled N-A-C-H-K-O-C-H-E-N. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈnaːxˌkɔxn̩].
What does "nachkochen" mean?
As a verb, "nachkochen" means: ein Gericht, was jemand anderes zubereitet hat, auch zubereiten; ein fremdes Rezept verwenden
How do you pronounce "nachkochen"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "nachkochen" is [ˈnaːxˌkɔxn̩]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "nachkochen" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "nachkochen", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

mitwirkten#89,311Missernten#89,303Niethammer#89,358Meuselwitz#89,293

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list