nachtun
German, verb[ˈnaːxˌtuːn]
nachtun is spelled N-A-C-H-T-U-N (7 letters) and appears about once in every 44 million words in written German, the 396,524th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Nachtun is a German verb meaning “to emulate, imitate” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “es so machen/tun, wie es ein Vorgänger/Vorbild vorgemacht hat”.
What does nachtun mean in English?
verb
- 1
to emulate, imitate
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. es so machen/tun, wie es ein Vorgänger/Vorbild vorgemacht hat
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 nachtun
- tut nach present singular third-person
- tat nach past
- nachgetan participle past
- täte nach past subjunctive
- haben auxiliary
- nachtuend participle present
- nachzutun infinitive infinitive-zu
- tue nach first-person indicative present
- tun nach first-person indicative plural
- tuen nach first-person plural subjunctive
- tust nach indicative present second-person
- tuest nach second-person singular subjunctive
- tuet nach plural second-person subjunctive
- taten nach first-person indicative plural
- täten nach first-person plural subjunctive
- tatest nach indicative preterite second-person
- tatst nach indicative preterite second-person
- tatet nach indicative plural preterite
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce nachtun?
- [ˈnaːxˌtuːn]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is nachtun in German?
nachtun appears about once in every 44 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).