Nachruhm
German, noun/ˈnaːxˌʁuːm/
Nachruhm is spelled N-A-C-H-R-U-H-M (8 letters) and appears about once in every 8 million words in written German, the 152,733rd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Nachruhm is a German masculine noun meaning “posthumous fame” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Anerkennung für eine bestimmte Leistung, die jemand nach seinem Tod von anderen bekommt”.
What does Nachruhm mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineposthumous fame
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Anerkennung für eine bestimmte Leistung, die jemand nach seinem Tod von anderen bekommt
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 Nachruhm
- Nachruhmes genitive
- Nachruhms genitive
- Nachruhme dative singular
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Nachruhm?
- /ˈnaːxˌʁuːm/
- [ˈnaːxˌʁuːm]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Nachruhm in German?
Nachruhm appears about once in every 8 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).