nachtaktiv
[ˈnaxtʔakˌtiːf]
The verdict
“nachtaktiv” is uncommon German (frequency #68,507 among 1,954 “N” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #68,507
- frequency rank, German
- 1,954
- “N” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - (nur) in der Nacht wach und tagsüber ruhend
Corpus desk
Index DE-nachtaktiv · nachtaktiv · German
nachtaktiv · rank #68,507 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #68,507
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,954
- PHOTO-FINISH nachgeschlagen
Nearest frequency peer: nachgeschlagen (-1 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 „nachtaktiv“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- mündige
mündige
31,497 corpus weight
- nachgeschla…
nachgeschlagen
31,495 corpus weight
- nachtaktiv
nachtaktiv
31,494 corpus weight
- Nagelstudio
Nagelstudio
31,493 corpus weight
- nahesteht
nahesteht
31,492 corpus weight
- nail
nail
31,491 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „nachtaktiv“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | nachtaktiv |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [ˈnaxtʔakˌtiːf] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #68,507 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „nachtaktiv“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
nachtaktiv is uncommon German at frequency #68,507 among 1,954 “N” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ˈnaxtʔakˌtiːf]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "(nur) in der Nacht wach und tagsüber ruhend".
Zero misspellings are on record for nachtaktiv in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. Our dataset records no confusable match here, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is nachtaktiv, spelled N-A-C-H-T-A-K-T-I-V.
Definition
- 1(nur) in der Nacht wach und tagsüber ruhend
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how nachtaktiv appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Eulen sind nachtaktiv.
„Wie jeder weiß, hat Licht eine enorme Anziehung auf sämtliche nachtaktive Insekten, von Mücken über Fliegen und Nachtfalter.“
Antonyms
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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