nächstgelegen
German, adjective/ˈnɛːçstɡəˈleːɡn̩/
nächstgelegen is spelled N-Ä-C-H-S-T-G-E-L-E-G-E-N (13 letters) and appears about once in every 74 million words in written German, the 535,730th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Nächstgelegen is a German adjective meaning “nearest” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “räumlich am nächsten gelegen, am wenigsten weit entfernt”.
What does nächstgelegen mean in English?
adjective
- 1
nearest
der nächstgelegene Bahnhof
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. räumlich am nächsten gelegen, am wenigsten weit entfernt
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 nächstgelegen
- nächstgelegener masculine nominative singular
- nächstgelegene feminine nominative singular
- nächstgelegenes neuter nominative singular
- nächstgelegenen genitive masculine singular
- nächstgelegenem dative masculine singular
- der nächstgelegene definite includes-article masculine
- die nächstgelegene definite feminine includes-article
- das nächstgelegene definite includes-article neuter
- die nächstgelegenen definite includes-article nominative
- des nächstgelegenen definite genitive includes-article
- der nächstgelegenen definite feminine genitive
- dem nächstgelegenen dative definite includes-article
- den nächstgelegenen dative definite includes-article
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce nächstgelegen?
- /ˈnɛːçstɡəˈleːɡn̩/
- /ˈnɛːçstɡəˈleːɡŋ̩/
- [ˈnɛːçstɡəˌleːɡn̩]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is nächstgelegen in German?
nächstgelegen appears about once in every 74 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).