nachzeichnen
[ˈnaːxˌt͡saɪ̯çnən]
The verdict
“nachzeichnen” is uncommon German (frequency #93,337 among 1,954 “N” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #93,337
- frequency rank, German
- 1,954
- “N” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - mit einem Stift eine Linie noch einmal ziehen
Corpus desk
Index DE-nachzeichnen · nachzeichnen · German
nachzeichnen · rank #93,337 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #93,337
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,954
- PHOTO-FINISH nachtaktiven
Nearest frequency peer: nachtaktiven (-1 rank slots)
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „nachzeichnen“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Nachmittagen
Nachmittagen
6,667 corpus weight
- nachplappern
nachplappern
6,666 corpus weight
- nachtaktiven
nachtaktiven
6,665 corpus weight
- nachzeichnen
nachzeichnen
6,664 corpus weight
- Nacktschnec…
Nacktschnecken
6,663 corpus weight
- Nagels
Nagels
6,662 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „nachzeichnen“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | nachzeichnen |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˈnaːxˌt͡saɪ̯çnən] |
| Letters | 12 |
| Frequency rank | #93,337 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „nachzeichnen“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
nachzeichnen is uncommon German at frequency #93,337 among 1,954 “N” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [ˈnaːxˌt͡saɪ̯çnən]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
nachzeichnen doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is nachzeichnen, spelled N-A-C-H-Z-E-I-C-H-N-E-N.
Definition
- 1mit einem Stift eine Linie noch einmal ziehen
- 2mit einem Stift eine Vorlage abzeichnen
- 3eine Erinnerung beschreiben; eine Entwicklung schildern
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how nachzeichnen appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
In diesem Werk wurden die Umrisse der Frauenfigur in Rot nachgezeichnet.
Versuchen Sie doch einmal, dieses Stilleben mit dem Bleistift nachzuzeichnen.
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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