Nachwirkung
German, noun/ˈnaːxˌvɪʁkʊŋ/
Nachwirkung is spelled N-A-C-H-W-I-R-K-U-N-G (11 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written German, the 53,554th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Nachwirkung is a German feminine noun meaning “aftereffect” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Folge einer Wirkung, nachträgliche oder nachhaltige Wirkung”.
What does Nachwirkung mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineaftereffect
- 2
feminineaftermath
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Folge einer Wirkung, nachträgliche oder nachhaltige Wirkung
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 Nachwirkung
- Nachwirkungen plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Nachwirkung?
- /ˈnaːxˌvɪʁkʊŋ/
- [ˈnaːxˌvɪʁkʊŋ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Nachwirkung
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Nachwirkung in German?
Nachwirkung appears about once in every 2 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).