nachrennen
German, verb
nachrennen is spelled N-A-C-H-R-E-N-N-E-N (10 letters) and appears about once in every 16 million words in written German, the 225,828th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Nachrennen is a German verb meaning “to run after” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Nachrennen is a different word: “gerund of nachrennen”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “jemandem oder etwas, der/das sich entfernt, (so schnell es geht) hinterherlaufen”.
What does nachrennen mean in English?
verb
- 1
to run after
noun
- 1
neutergerund of nachrennen
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. jemandem oder etwas, der/das sich entfernt, (so schnell es geht) hinterherlaufen 2. sich sehr um jemanden bemühen
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 nachrennen
- rennt nach present singular third-person
- rannte nach past
- nachgerannt participle past
- rennte nach past subjunctive
- sein auxiliary
- nachrennend participle present
- nachzurennen infinitive infinitive-zu
- renne nach first-person indicative present
- rennen nach first-person indicative plural
- rennst nach indicative present second-person
- rennest nach second-person singular subjunctive
- rennet nach plural second-person subjunctive
- rannten nach first-person indicative plural
- rennten nach first-person formal plural
- ranntest nach indicative preterite second-person
- ranntet nach indicative plural preterite
- renntest nach formal rare second-person
- renntet nach formal plural rare
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How common is nachrennen in German?
nachrennen appears about once in every 16 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).