Nachtkerze
German, noun[ˈnaxtˌkɛʁt͡sə]
Nachtkerze is spelled N-A-C-H-T-K-E-R-Z-E (10 letters) and appears about once in every 13 million words in written German, the 195,050th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Nachtkerze is a German feminine noun meaning “evening primrose, any plant of the genus Oenothera” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Pflanze mit verzweigtem Stängel, ovalen bis lanzettförmigen Blättern und oft in Trauben oder Ähren…”.
What does Nachtkerze mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineevening primrose, any plant of the genus Oenothera
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Pflanze mit verzweigtem Stängel, ovalen bis lanzettförmigen Blättern und oft in Trauben oder Ähren wachsenden, großen, gelben Blüten
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 Nachtkerze
- Nachtkerzen plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Nachtkerze?
- [ˈnaxtˌkɛʁt͡sə]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Nachtkerze in German?
Nachtkerze appears about once in every 13 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).