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Nachtschatten

German, noun/ˈnaχtˌʃatən/

Nachtschatten is a German masculine noun meaning “night-time shadow” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).

What does Nachtschatten mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    masculinenight-time shadow

  2. 2

    masculinenightshade (any of several plants belonging to the genus Solanum)

Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Forms of Nachtschatten

  • Nachtschattens genitive

Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce Nachtschatten?

  • /ˈnaχtˌʃatən/

Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

English words that translate to Nachtschatten

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is Nachtschatten in German?

Nachtschatten appears about once in every 3 million words in written German.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).