Nachnahme
[ˈnaːxˌnaːmə]
The verdict
“Nachnahme” is uncommon German (frequency #66,520 among 26,919 “N” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #66,520
- frequency rank, German
- 26,919
- “N” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Postwesen, kurz für: Nachnahmesendung, Versendung von Waren, bei der der Adressat die Waren beim Empfang an das Postunternehmen bezahlt
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Nachnahme |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈnaːxˌnaːmə] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #66,520 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Nachnahme” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Nachnahme is uncommon German at frequency #66,520 among 26,919 “N” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈnaːxˌnaːmə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Postwesen, kurz für: Nachnahmesendung, Versendung von Waren, bei der der Adressat die Waren beim Empfang an das Postunternehmen bezahlt".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Nachnahme, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, 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 Nachnahme, spelled N-A-C-H-N-A-H-M-E.
Definition
- 1Postwesen, kurz für: Nachnahmesendung, Versendung von Waren, bei der der Adressat die Waren beim Empfang an das Postunternehmen bezahlt
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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.
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Using “Nachnahme”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is N-A-C-H-N-A-H-M-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.