nachzeichnen

/[ˈnaːxˌt͡saɪ̯çnən]/ verb

Letters

12 characters

Frequency Rank

#93,337

in German word usage

Misspellings

0

tracked variants

Confusables

0

similar word pairs

nachzeichnen is aGermanverb. It means: mit einem Stift eine Linie noch einmal ziehen Pronounced [ˈnaːxˌt͡saɪ̯çnən].

Key facts for nachzeichnen
PropertyValue
Headwordnachzeichnen
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[ˈnaːxˌt͡saɪ̯çnən]
Letters12
Frequency rank#93,337
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of nachzeichnen in German word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for nachzeichnen is 12 letters long, classified as averb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈnaːxˌt͡saɪ̯çnən]. Corpus data places it at rank #93,337 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

No misspelling variants are generated for nachzeichnen in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns.It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct German form is nachzeichnen, spelled N-A-C-H-Z-E-I-C-H-N-E-N, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    mit einem Stift eine Linie noch einmal ziehen
  2. 2
    mit einem Stift eine Vorlage abzeichnen
  3. 3
    eine Erinnerung beschreiben; eine Entwicklung schildern

Frequency rank: #93,337 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "nachzeichnen"?
"nachzeichnen" is spelled N-A-C-H-Z-E-I-C-H-N-E-N. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈnaːxˌt͡saɪ̯çnən].
What does "nachzeichnen" mean?
As a verb, "nachzeichnen" means: mit einem Stift eine Linie noch einmal ziehen
How do you pronounce "nachzeichnen"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "nachzeichnen" is [ˈnaːxˌt͡saɪ̯çnən]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "nachzeichnen" come from?
"nachzeichnen" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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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.