nachverfolgen
[ˈnaːxfɛɐ̯ˌfɔlɡn̩]
The verdict
“nachverfolgen” is uncommon German (frequency #83,089 among 26,919 “N” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #83,089
- frequency rank, German
- 26,919
- “N” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - eine Entwicklung oder einen Vorgang Schritt für Schritt betrachten und so zum Beispiel im Nachhinein zu Erkenntnissen kommen
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | nachverfolgen |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˈnaːxfɛɐ̯ˌfɔlɡn̩] |
| Letters | 13 |
| Frequency rank | #83,089 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “nachverfolgen” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
nachverfolgen is uncommon German at frequency #83,089 among 26,919 “N” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [ˈnaːxfɛɐ̯ˌfɔlɡn̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "eine Entwicklung oder einen Vorgang Schritt für Schritt betrachten und so zum Beispiel im Nachhinein zu Erkenntnissen kommen".
No generated misspelling entries exist for nachverfolgen in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is nachverfolgen, spelled N-A-C-H-V-E-R-F-O-L-G-E-N.
Definition
- 1eine Entwicklung oder einen Vorgang Schritt für Schritt betrachten und so zum Beispiel im Nachhinein zu Erkenntnissen kommen
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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Using “nachverfolgen”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is N-A-C-H-V-E-R-F-O-L-G-E-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.