Nacken
German, noun/ˈnakən/
Nacken is spelled N-A-C-K-E-N (6 letters) and appears 9.3 times per million words in written German, the 7,460th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Nacken is a German masculine noun meaning “nape of the neck” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “der dorsale (rückseitige) Teil des Halses, das Genick”.
What does Nacken mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinenape of the neck
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. der dorsale (rückseitige) Teil des Halses, das Genick
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 Nacken
- Nackens genitive
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Nacken?
- /ˈnakən/
- [ˈna.kŋ̍]
- [-kən]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Nacken
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Nacken in German?
Nacken appears 9.3 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).