Nachwahl
German, noun/ˈnaːxˌvaːl/
Nachwahl is spelled N-A-C-H-W-A-H-L (8 letters) and appears about once in every 3 million words in written German, the 75,468th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Nachwahl is a German feminine noun meaning “election held when the general date could not be kept in a district by an act of God (e.g. when a local candidate died shortly before)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does Nachwahl mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineelection held when the general date could not be kept in a district by an act of God (e.g. when a local candidate died shortly before)
- 2
feminineby-election (election to fill a seat that has become vacant)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Forms of Nachwahl
- Nachwahlen plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Nachwahl?
- /ˈnaːxˌvaːl/
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Nachwahl in German?
Nachwahl appears about once in every 3 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).