nachsingen
[ˈnaːxˌzɪŋən]
The verdict
“nachsingen” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - etwas Gehörtes nachmachen, hinterher das Gleiche singen
Corpus desk
Index DE-nachsingen · nachsingen · German
nachsingen · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "N" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | nachsingen |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˈnaːxˌzɪŋən] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „nachsingen“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
nachsingen is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed [ˈnaːxˌzɪŋən]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "etwas Gehörtes nachmachen, hinterher das Gleiche singen".
nachsingen has no tracked misspelling variants, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. Our dataset records no confusable match here, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, 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 nachsingen, spelled N-A-C-H-S-I-N-G-E-N.
Definition
- 1etwas Gehörtes nachmachen, hinterher das Gleiche singen
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how nachsingen appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Ich singe dir das mal vor und du singst nach.
Mancher kann einen vorgesungenen Ton nicht genau nachsingen, so sehr er sich auch bemüht, liegt der Ton doch daneben.
Antonyms
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.