nachzuahmen
[ˈnaːxt͡suˌʔaːmən]
The verdict
“nachzuahmen” is uncommon German (frequency #56,377 among 26,919 “N” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #56,377
- frequency rank, German
- 26,919
- “N” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - erweiterter Infinitiv Aktiv des Verbs nachahmen
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | nachzuahmen |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˈnaːxt͡suˌʔaːmən] |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #56,377 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “nachzuahmen” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
nachzuahmen is uncommon German at frequency #56,377 among 26,919 “N” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [ˈnaːxt͡suˌʔaːmən]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "erweiterter Infinitiv Aktiv des Verbs nachahmen".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for nachzuahmen, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, 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 nachzuahmen, spelled N-A-C-H-Z-U-A-H-M-E-N.
Definition
- 1erweiterter Infinitiv Aktiv des Verbs nachahmen
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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Using “nachzuahmen”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is N-A-C-H-Z-U-A-H-M-E-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.