Nachtbus

[ˈnaxtˌbʊs]

/[ˈnaxtˌbʊs]/ noun

The verdict

“Nachtbus” is uncommon German (frequency #86,843 among 1,954 “N” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#86,843
frequency rank, German
1,954
“N” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Bus (als öffentliches Verkehrsmittel), der in der Nacht fährt

Corpus desk

Index DE-nachtbus · Nachtbus · German

Nachtbus · rank #86,843 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #86,843
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,954
  • PHOTO-FINISH nachtreten

Nearest frequency peer: nachtreten (+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 „Nachtbus“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Nachtbus“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Nachtbus
PropertyValue
HeadwordNachtbus
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈnaxtˌbʊs]
Letters8
Frequency rank#86,843
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Nachtbus“ im Deutschen

Die Häufigkeit läuft von den wenigen Alltagswörtern (links) bis zur langen, seltenen Schwanzseite (rechts).Nachtbusfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „nachtreten“ (#86,844), „Nachdrucke“ (#86,841), „Nachbauten“ (#86,840). Unter 1,954 „N“-Lemmata liegt „Nachtbus“ bei #86,843. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Nachtbus is uncommon German at frequency #86,843 among 1,954 “N” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈnaxtˌbʊs]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Bus (als öffentliches Verkehrsmittel), der in der Nacht fährt".

Nachtbus doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, 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 Nachtbus, spelled N-A-C-H-T-B-U-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Bus (als öffentliches Verkehrsmittel), der in der Nacht fährt

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how Nachtbus appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Wir nehmen den Nachtbus.
  2. „Dort wollte er den Nachtbus nach Algier nehmen und würde rechtzeitig ankommen, um am nächsten Morgen wieder in seinen Trainingsanzug zu schlüpfen und sein Chemietechnik-Studium aufzunehmen.“

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Nachtbus"?
"Nachtbus" is spelled N-A-C-H-T-B-U-S. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈnaxtˌbʊs].
What does "Nachtbus" mean?
As a noun, "Nachtbus" means: Bus (als öffentliches Verkehrsmittel), der in der Nacht fährt
How do you pronounce "Nachtbus"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Nachtbus" is [ˈnaxtˌbʊs]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Nachtbus" come from?
"Nachtbus" is a German word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Nachtbus", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list