Nachtlager

/[ˈnaxtˌlaːɡɐ]/ noun

The verdict

“Nachtlager” is an uncommon German word, ranked #59,916 in German word frequency and used as a noun.

#59,916
frequency rank, German
10
letters

Dominant Wiktionary sense: Ort zum Schlafen in der Nacht

Key facts for Nachtlager
PropertyValue
HeadwordNachtlager
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈnaxtˌlaːɡɐ]
Letters10
Frequency rank#59,916
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “Nachtlager” sits in German frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). Nachtlager lands here:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
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Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for Nachtlager is 10 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈnaxtˌlaːɡɐ]. Corpus data places it at rank #59,916 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Ort zum Schlafen in der Nacht".

No misspelling variants are generated for Nachtlager 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 Nachtlager, spelled N-A-C-H-T-L-A-G-E-R, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Ort zum Schlafen in der Nacht

Synonyms

Frequency rank: #59,916 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Nachtlager"?
"Nachtlager" is spelled N-A-C-H-T-L-A-G-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈnaxtˌlaːɡɐ].
What does "Nachtlager" mean?
As a noun, "Nachtlager" means: Ort zum Schlafen in der Nacht
How do you pronounce "Nachtlager"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Nachtlager" is [ˈnaxtˌlaːɡɐ]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Nachtlager" come from?
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Using “Nachtlager”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct German spelling is N-A-C-H-T-L-A-G-E-R — every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as [ˈnaxtˌlaːɡɐ] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.