Nachtessen
German, noun/ˈnaχtɛsn̩/
Nachtessen is spelled N-A-C-H-T-E-S-S-E-N (10 letters) and appears about once in every 4 million words in written German, the 99,595th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Nachtessen is a German neuter noun meaning “supper (food before going to bed)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Mahlzeit, die zu Tagesende verzehrt wird”.
What does Nachtessen mean in English?
noun
- 1
Switzerlandneutersupper (food before going to bed)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Mahlzeit, die zu Tagesende verzehrt wird
verb: 1. das Abendessen (Nachtessen) zu sich nehmen, Abendbrot essen
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 Nachtessen
- Nachtessens genitive
- nachtgegessen participle-2 perfect
- haben auxiliary perfect
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Nachtessen?
- /ˈnaχtɛsn̩/
- [ˈnaxtˌʔɛsn̩]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Nachtessen
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Nachtessen in German?
Nachtessen appears about once in every 4 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).