Nachlass
German, noun[ˈnaːxˌlas]
Nachlass is spelled N-A-C-H-L-A-S-S (8 letters) and appears 6.9 times per million words in written German, the 9,526th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Nachlass is a German masculine noun meaning “estate (of inheritance)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Gesamtheit dessen, was ein Verstorbener hinterlässt”.
What does Nachlass mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineestate (of inheritance)
- 2
masculineheritage
- 3
masculinediscount
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Gesamtheit dessen, was ein Verstorbener hinterlässt 2. Verringerung/Abzug von dem, was eigentlich gefordert wurde
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 Nachlass
- Nachlasses genitive
- Nachlässe plural
- Nachlasse dative singular
- Nachlässen dative definite plural
- Nachlaß alternative
- Nachlassen dative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Nachlass?
- [ˈnaːxˌlas]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Nachlass
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Nachlass in German?
Nachlass appears 6.9 times per million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).