Nachtschwärmer
[ˈnaxtˌʃvɛʁmɐ]
The verdict
“Nachtschwärmer” is uncommon German (frequency #64,551 among 1,954 “N” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #64,551
- frequency rank, German
- 1,954
- “N” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - jemand, der nachts oft ausgeht, z.B. in Diskos oder Lokale
Corpus desk
Index DE-nachtschwarmer · Nachtschwärmer · German
Nachtschwärmer · rank #64,551 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #64,551
- LEN-MEGA 14 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,954
- PHOTO-FINISH nachgeprüft
Nearest frequency peer: nachgeprüft (-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 „Nachtschwärmer“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Mädchenschu…
Mädchenschule
35,454 corpus weight
- nachgeprüft
nachgeprüft
35,451 corpus weight
- Nachtschwär…
Nachtschwärmer
35,450 corpus weight
- nachzumachen
nachzumachen
35,449 corpus weight
- nahegelegene
nahegelegene
35,448 corpus weight
- Namensnennu…
Namensnennung
35,447 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Nachtschwärmer“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Nachtschwärmer |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈnaxtˌʃvɛʁmɐ] |
| Letters | 14 |
| Frequency rank | #64,551 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Nachtschwärmer“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Nachtschwärmer is uncommon German at frequency #64,551 among 1,954 “N” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈnaxtˌʃvɛʁmɐ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "jemand, der nachts oft ausgeht, z.B. in Diskos oder Lokale".
Nachtschwärmer has no tracked misspelling variants, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is Nachtschwärmer, spelled N-A-C-H-T-S-C-H-W-Ä-R-M-E-R.
Definition
- 1jemand, der nachts oft ausgeht, z.B. in Diskos oder Lokale
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Nachtschwärmer appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Die Nachtschwärmer ändern nichts an ihren Gewohnheiten, nur die Mafia lernt sehr schnell, sich auf den Handel mit harten Drogen umzustellen.“
„Die Nachtschwärmer kann den Plot, also die Prosodie der Ereignisse, die Zuckungen der Umstände, die düsteren Prozessionen ins Ungewisse.“
This word in other languages
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.
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