Nadelöhr
[ˈnaːdl̩ˌʔøːɐ̯]
The verdict
“Nadelöhr” is uncommon German (frequency #59,027 among 1,954 “N” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #59,027
- frequency rank, German
- 1,954
- “N” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - kreisförmige oder auch ovale Öffnung am Ende einer Nähnadel
Corpus desk
Index DE-nadelohr · Nadelöhr · German
Nadelöhr · rank #59,027 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #59,027
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,954
- PHOTO-FINISH nachlese
Nearest frequency peer: nachlese (-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 „Nadelöhr“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- mystischer
mystischer
40,977 corpus weight
- Nachbardorf
Nachbardorf
40,976 corpus weight
- nachlese
nachlese
40,975 corpus weight
- Nadelöhr
Nadelöhr
40,974 corpus weight
- nails
nails
40,973 corpus weight
- Negativität
Negativität
40,972 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Nadelöhr“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Nadelöhr |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈnaːdl̩ˌʔøːɐ̯] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #59,027 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Nadelöhr“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Nadelöhr is uncommon German at frequency #59,027 among 1,954 “N” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈnaːdl̩ˌʔøːɐ̯]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Nadelöhr has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
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. The correct German form is Nadelöhr, spelled N-A-D-E-L-Ö-H-R.
Definition
- 1kreisförmige oder auch ovale Öffnung am Ende einer Nähnadel
- 2Engstelle, beispielsweise im Straßenverkehr
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Nadelöhr appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Ich kann den Faden nicht einfädeln, weil ich mit dem Faden das Nadelöhr nicht treffe.
„Und weiter sage ich euch: Es ist leichter, dass ein Kamel durch ein Nadelöhr gehe, als dass ein Reicher ins Reich Gottes komme.“
Synonyms
This word in other languages
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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