nachplappern
[ˈnaːxˌplapɐn]
The verdict
“nachplappern” is uncommon German (frequency #93,335 among 1,954 “N” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #93,335
- frequency rank, German
- 1,954
- “N” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - gedankenlos, unreflektiert Aussagen anderer wiederholen, ohne sie wirklich verstanden zu haben
Corpus desk
Index DE-nachplappern · nachplappern · German
nachplappern · rank #93,335 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #93,335
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,954
- PHOTO-FINISH Nachmittagen
Nearest frequency peer: Nachmittagen (-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 „nachplappern“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Müllmänner
Müllmänner
6,669 corpus weight
- nachhaltigem
nachhaltigem
6,668 corpus weight
- Nachmittagen
Nachmittagen
6,667 corpus weight
- nachplappern
nachplappern
6,666 corpus weight
- nachtaktiven
nachtaktiven
6,665 corpus weight
- nachzeichnen
nachzeichnen
6,664 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „nachplappern“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | nachplappern |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˈnaːxˌplapɐn] |
| Letters | 12 |
| Frequency rank | #93,335 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „nachplappern“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
nachplappern is uncommon German at frequency #93,335 among 1,954 “N” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [ˈnaːxˌplapɐn]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "gedankenlos, unreflektiert Aussagen anderer wiederholen, ohne sie wirklich verstanden zu haben".
nachplappern has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is nachplappern, spelled N-A-C-H-P-L-A-P-P-E-R-N.
Definition
- 1gedankenlos, unreflektiert Aussagen anderer wiederholen, ohne sie wirklich verstanden zu haben
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how nachplappern appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Die Medien pflegen in der Regel ein modisch verzerrtes Deutschlandbild, wobei häufig ungeprüft nachgeplappert wird, was man woanders gelesen, gehört oder gesehen hat.“
Max plappert seinem großen Bruder alles nach.
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This word in other languages
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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Frequency-ranked German headwords with 12 letters (nearest by frequency rank).