Nachkommastelle
German, noun/ˈnaːχkɔmaˌʃtɛlə/
Nachkommastelle is spelled N-A-C-H-K-O-M-M-A-S-T-E-L-L-E (15 letters) and appears about once in every 11 million words in written German, the 184,742nd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Nachkommastelle is a German feminine noun meaning “decimal place” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “eine Ziffer nach dem Komma einer (in einem bestimmten Stellenwertsystem als Kommazahl dargestellten) Zahl”.
What does Nachkommastelle mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininedecimal place
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. eine Ziffer nach dem Komma einer (in einem bestimmten Stellenwertsystem als Kommazahl dargestellten) Zahl
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 Nachkommastelle
- Nachkommastellen plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Nachkommastelle?
- /ˈnaːχkɔmaˌʃtɛlə/
- [ˈnaːxkɔmaˌʃtɛlə]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Nachkommastelle in German?
Nachkommastelle appears about once in every 11 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).