nächstbeste
[ˌnɛːçstˈbɛstə]
The verdict
“nächstbeste” is uncommon German (frequency #92,024 among 1,954 “N” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #92,024
- frequency rank, German
- 1,954
- “N” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - ohne lange Suche oder Überlegung gefundene; zunächst, als Erstes und Bestes sich anbietende, vorgefundene
Corpus desk
Index DE-nachstbeste · nächstbeste · German
nächstbeste · rank #92,024 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #92,024
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,954
- PHOTO-FINISH Numismatik
Nearest frequency peer: Numismatik (-2 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 „nächstbeste“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- notariellen
notariellen
7,981 corpus weight
- Numismatik
Numismatik
7,979 corpus weight
- nächstbeste
nächstbeste
7,977 corpus weight
- nährte
nährte
7,975 corpus weight
- nördliches
nördliches
7,974 corpus weight
- Nüsschen
Nüsschen
7,973 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „nächstbeste“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | nächstbeste |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [ˌnɛːçstˈbɛstə] |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #92,024 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „nächstbeste“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
nächstbeste is uncommon German at frequency #92,024 among 1,954 “N” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ˌnɛːçstˈbɛstə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "ohne lange Suche oder Überlegung gefundene; zunächst, als Erstes und Bestes sich anbietende, vorgefundene".
nächstbeste has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is nächstbeste, spelled N-Ä-C-H-S-T-B-E-S-T-E.
Definition
- 1ohne lange Suche oder Überlegung gefundene; zunächst, als Erstes und Bestes sich anbietende, vorgefundene
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how nächstbeste appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Du drehst dich im Kreis, bist anfällig für die Gewohnheit, immer zum Ausgangspunkt zurückzukehren, du nimmst Anlauf und preschst in die nächstbeste Sackgasse.“
„Eines Abends, auf dem Nachhauseweg von Freunden, bekam ich plötzlich Hunger und ging in das nächstbeste Lokal.“
Synonyms
This word in other languages
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.
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