Nachtschichten

[ˈnaxtˌʃɪçtn̩]

/[ˈnaxtˌʃɪçtn̩]/ noun

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The verdict

“Nachtschichten” is uncommon German (frequency #65,527 among 1,954 “N” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#65,527
frequency rank, German
1,954
“N” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Nominativ Plural des Substantivs Nachtschicht

Corpus desk

Index DE-nachtschichten · Nachtschichten · German

Nachtschichten · rank #65,527 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #65,527
  • LEN-MEGA 14 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,954
  • PHOTO-FINISH namenlos

Nearest frequency peer: namenlos (+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 „Nachtschichten“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Nachtschichten
PropertyValue
HeadwordNachtschichten
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈnaxtˌʃɪçtn̩]
Letters14
Frequency rank#65,527
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Nachtschichten“ im Deutschen

Die Häufigkeit läuft von den wenigen Alltagswörtern (links) bis zur langen, seltenen Schwanzseite (rechts).Nachtschichtenfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „namenlos“ (#65,528), „nachdenklichen“ (#65,525), „nassem“ (#65,529). Unter 1,954 „N“-Lemmata liegt „Nachtschichten“ bei #65,527. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Nachtschichten is uncommon German at frequency #65,527 among 1,954 “N” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈnaxtˌʃɪçtn̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.

Nachtschichten doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is Nachtschichten, spelled N-A-C-H-T-S-C-H-I-C-H-T-E-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    Nominativ Plural des Substantivs Nachtschicht
  2. 2
    Genitiv Plural des Substantivs Nachtschicht
  3. 3
    Dativ Plural des Substantivs Nachtschicht
  4. 4
    Akkusativ Plural des Substantivs Nachtschicht

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

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 14 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

nachdenklichen#65,525Müllentsorgung#65,522Nichterfüllung#65,535näherungsweise#65,543

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list