Nachtdienst

[ˈnaxtˌdiːnst]

/[ˈnaxtˌdiːnst]/ noun

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The verdict

“Nachtdienst” is uncommon German (frequency #53,927 among 1,954 “N” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#53,927
frequency rank, German
1,954
“N” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Arbeit während der Nacht

Corpus desk

Index DE-nachtdienst · Nachtdienst · German

Nachtdienst · rank #53,927 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #53,927
  • LEN-MEGA 11 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,954
  • PHOTO-FINISH Nachrüstung

Nearest frequency peer: Nachrüstung (-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 „Nachtdienst“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Nachtdienst
PropertyValue
HeadwordNachtdienst
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈnaxtˌdiːnst]
Letters11
Frequency rank#53,927
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Nachtdienst“ im Deutschen

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.Nachtdienstfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Nachrüstung“ (#53,926), „Nachwirkung“ (#53,928), „nachbauen“ (#53,925). Unter 1,954 „N“-Lemmata liegt „Nachtdienst“ bei #53,927. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Nachtdienst is uncommon German at frequency #53,927 among 1,954 “N” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈnaxtˌdiːnst]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Arbeit während der Nacht".

Nachtdienst doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for 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 Nachtdienst, spelled N-A-C-H-T-D-I-E-N-S-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Arbeit während der Nacht

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. „Gerhards Nachtdienst beinhaltet zweierlei Aufgaben.“
  2. „Er hatte seinen Nachtdienst hinter sich.“

Synonyms

Nachtarbeit

Antonyms

Tagdienst

This word in other languages

service de nuit(Français)

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 "Nachtdienst"?
"Nachtdienst" is spelled N-A-C-H-T-D-I-E-N-S-T. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈnaxtˌdiːnst].
What does "Nachtdienst" mean?
As a noun, "Nachtdienst" means: Arbeit während der Nacht
How do you pronounce "Nachtdienst"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Nachtdienst" is [ˈnaxtˌdiːnst]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Nachtdienst" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Nachrüstung#53,926Nachwirkung#53,928Neuseelands#53,940Notenbanken#53,947

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list