Nachtzug

[ˈnaxtˌt͡suːk]

/[ˈnaxtˌt͡suːk]/ noun

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The verdict

“Nachtzug” is uncommon German (frequency #50,745 among 1,954 “N” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#50,745
frequency rank, German
1,954
“N” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Personenzug, der während der Nacht verkehrt

Corpus desk

Index DE-nachtzug · Nachtzug · German

Nachtzug · rank #50,745 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #50,745
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,954
  • PHOTO-FINISH Nachthemd

Nearest frequency peer: Nachthemd (-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 „Nachtzug“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Nachtzug
PropertyValue
HeadwordNachtzug
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈnaxtˌt͡suːk]
Letters8
Frequency rank#50,745
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Nachtzug“ im Deutschen

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.Nachtzugfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Nachthemd“ (#50,744), „Nahverkehrs“ (#50,746), „Nachlässigkeit“ (#50,743). Unter 1,954 „N“-Lemmata liegt „Nachtzug“ bei #50,745. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Nachtzug is uncommon German at frequency #50,745 among 1,954 “N” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈnaxtˌt͡suːk]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Personenzug, der während der Nacht verkehrt".

We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for Nachtzug, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

Our source data has no etymology on file 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 Nachtzug, spelled N-A-C-H-T-Z-U-G.

Definition

  1. 1
    Personenzug, der während der Nacht verkehrt

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how Nachtzug appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Durch Göttingen fahren auch viele Nachtzüge.
  2. „Wer frühmorgens aus dem Nachtzug fällt, ganz gleich, ob ausgeschlafen oder gerädert, lernt sein Ziel intensiver und intimer kennen als der Reisende, der tagsüber ankommt, wenn Routine und Alltag herrschen.“

Synonyms

Nachtreisezug

This word in other languages

train de nuit(Français)

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 "Nachtzug"?
"Nachtzug" is spelled N-A-C-H-T-Z-U-G. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈnaxtˌt͡suːk].
What does "Nachtzug" mean?
As a noun, "Nachtzug" means: Personenzug, der während der Nacht verkehrt
How do you pronounce "Nachtzug"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Nachtzug" is [ˈnaxtˌt͡suːk]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Nachtzug" come from?
"Nachtzug" is a German word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

mürrisch#50,741nordisch#50,753mitnehme#50,721mischten#50,716

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list