Nachsicht
German, noun/ˈnaχzɪçt/
Nachsicht is spelled N-A-C-H-S-I-C-H-T (9 letters) and appears 1.7 times per million words in written German, the 26,796th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Nachsicht is a German feminine noun meaning “forgiveness, clemency” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “verständnisvolle, verzeihende Güte”.
What does Nachsicht mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineforgiveness, clemency
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. verständnisvolle, verzeihende Güte 2. Nachsehen
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
How do you pronounce Nachsicht?
- /ˈnaχzɪçt/
- [ˈnaːxˌzɪçt]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Nachsicht
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Nachsicht in German?
Nachsicht appears 1.7 times per million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).