Nachtarbeit

/[ˈnaxtʔaʁˌbaɪ̯t]/ noun

Letters

11 characters

Frequency Rank

#67,546

in German word usage

Misspellings

0

tracked variants

Confusables

0

similar word pairs

Nachtarbeit is aGermannoun. It means: erwerbsmäßige Arbeit zwischen etwa 23 und 6 Uhr Pronounced [ˈnaxtʔaʁˌbaɪ̯t].

Key facts for Nachtarbeit
PropertyValue
HeadwordNachtarbeit
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈnaxtʔaʁˌbaɪ̯t]
Letters11
Frequency rank#67,546
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of Nachtarbeit in German word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for Nachtarbeit is 11 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈnaxtʔaʁˌbaɪ̯t]. Corpus data places it at rank #67,546 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

No misspelling variants are generated for Nachtarbeit in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns.It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct German form is Nachtarbeit, spelled N-A-C-H-T-A-R-B-E-I-T, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    erwerbsmäßige Arbeit zwischen etwa 23 und 6 Uhr
  2. 2
    Tätigkeiten, die in der Nacht ausgeführt werden

Frequency rank: #67,546 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Nachtarbeit"?
"Nachtarbeit" is spelled N-A-C-H-T-A-R-B-E-I-T. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈnaxtʔaʁˌbaɪ̯t].
What does "Nachtarbeit" mean?
As a noun, "Nachtarbeit" means: erwerbsmäßige Arbeit zwischen etwa 23 und 6 Uhr
How do you pronounce "Nachtarbeit"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Nachtarbeit" is [ˈnaxtʔaʁˌbaɪ̯t]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Nachtarbeit" come from?
"Nachtarbeit" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.