nachrangig

[ˈnaːxˌʁaŋɪç]

/[ˈnaːxˌʁaŋɪç]/ adj

The verdict

“nachrangig” is uncommon German (frequency #66,521 among 1,954 “N” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#66,521
frequency rank, German
1,954
“N” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - niedrigere Priorität aufweisend

Corpus desk

Index DE-nachrangig · nachrangig · German

nachrangig · rank #66,521 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #66,521
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,954
  • PHOTO-FINISH Nachnahme

Nearest frequency peer: Nachnahme (-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 „nachrangig“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „nachrangig“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for nachrangig
PropertyValue
Headwordnachrangig
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdjective
IPA[ˈnaːxˌʁaŋɪç]
Letters10
Frequency rank#66,521
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „nachrangig“ im Deutschen

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.nachrangigfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Nachnahme“ (#66,520), „nachgeahmt“ (#66,519), „Nachträge“ (#66,523). Unter 1,954 „N“-Lemmata liegt „nachrangig“ bei #66,521. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

nachrangig is uncommon German at frequency #66,521 among 1,954 “N” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ˈnaːxˌʁaŋɪç]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "niedrigere Priorität aufweisend".

No misspelling variants are generated for nachrangig in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, 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 nachrangig, spelled N-A-C-H-R-A-N-G-I-G.

Definition

  1. 1
    niedrigere Priorität aufweisend

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how nachrangig appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. „Finanzielle Engpässe spielen der Untersuchung zufolge eine nachrangige Rolle – diese Begründung wurde nur von 11 Prozent angeführt (2008: 19).“
  2. „Geht ein Unternehmen pleite, werden die Anleger jedoch nachrangig bedient und bekommen ihr Geld erst nach allen anderen Gläubigern zurück.“

Antonyms

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "nachrangig"?
"nachrangig" is spelled N-A-C-H-R-A-N-G-I-G. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈnaːxˌʁaŋɪç].
What does "nachrangig" mean?
As an adjective, "nachrangig" means: niedrigere Priorität aufweisend
How do you pronounce "nachrangig"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "nachrangig" is [ˈnaːxˌʁaŋɪç]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "nachrangig", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list