Nachwuchs
German, noun/ˈnaːxˌvuːks/
Nachwuchs is spelled N-A-C-H-W-U-C-H-S (9 letters) and appears 13 times per million words in written German, the 5,698th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Nachwuchs is a German masculine noun meaning “the act of regrowing” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Kinder einer Familie, Nachkommen, auch bei Tieren”.
What does Nachwuchs mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinethe act of regrowing
- 2
masculinethat which regrows; regrowth
- 3
masculineoffspring, progeny (collective of biological descendants)
Nachwuchs zeugen
- 4
masculinejuniors, new blood (collectively), youngsters, next generation (the collective of young people that will supersede the current generation (in a particular domain))
akademischer Nachwuchs
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Kinder einer Familie, Nachkommen, auch bei Tieren 2. nachfolgende Generation, Nachfolger 3. später folgende Triebe
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 Nachwuchs
- Nachwuchses genitive
- Nachwüchse plural
- Nachwuchse dative singular
- Nachwüchsen dative definite plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Nachwuchs?
- /ˈnaːxˌvuːks/
- [ˈnaːxˌvuːks]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Nachwuchs
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Nachwuchs in German?
Nachwuchs appears 13 times per million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).