Nachkommenschaft
German, noun[ˈnaːxˌkɔmənʃaft]
Nachkommenschaft is spelled N-A-C-H-K-O-M-M-E-N-S-C-H-A-F-T (16 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written German, the 69,095th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Nachkommenschaft is a German feminine noun meaning “progeny” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Gesamtheit der Nachkommen (Kinder, Enkel, Urenkel, …) einer Person”.
What does Nachkommenschaft mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineprogeny
Coordinate term: Vorfahrenschaft
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Gesamtheit der Nachkommen (Kinder, Enkel, Urenkel, …) einer Person
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 Nachkommenschaft
- Nachkommenschaften plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Nachkommenschaft?
- [ˈnaːxˌkɔmənʃaft]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Nachkommenschaft
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Nachkommenschaft in German?
Nachkommenschaft appears about once in every 2 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).