nachzuahmen
[ˈnaːxt͡suˌʔaːmən]
The verdict
“nachzuahmen” is uncommon German (frequency #56,377 among 1,954 “N” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #56,377
- frequency rank, German
- 1,954
- “N” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - erweiterter Infinitiv Aktiv des Verbs nachahmen
Corpus desk
Index DE-nachzuahmen · nachzuahmen · German
nachzuahmen · rank #56,377 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #56,377
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,954
- PHOTO-FINISH Nachspeise
Nearest frequency peer: Nachspeise (-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 „nachzuahmen“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- mütterlichen
mütterlichen
43,627 corpus weight
- Nachmittage
Nachmittage
43,626 corpus weight
- Nachspeise
Nachspeise
43,625 corpus weight
- nachzuahmen
nachzuahmen
43,624 corpus weight
- Naturschutz…
Naturschutzes
43,623 corpus weight
- nav
nav
43,622 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „nachzuahmen“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| 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) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „nachzuahmen“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
nachzuahmen is uncommon German at frequency #56,377 among 1,954 “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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