Nadir
[naˈdiːɐ̯]
The verdict
“Nadir” is uncommon German (frequency #90,671 among 1,954 “N” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #90,671
- frequency rank, German
- 1,954
- “N” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - der tiefste Punkt des Himmelsgewölbes senkrecht unter dem Betrachter
Corpus desk
Index DE-nadir · Nadir · German
Nadir · rank #90,671 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #90,671
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,954
- PHOTO-FINISH NaCl
Nearest frequency peer: NaCl (-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 „Nadir“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- nachgedruckt
nachgedruckt
9,334 corpus weight
- Nachkriegsj…
Nachkriegsjahre
9,333 corpus weight
- Nachnamens
Nachnamens
9,332 corpus weight
- NaCl
NaCl
9,331 corpus weight
- Nadir
Nadir
9,330 corpus weight
- neb
neb
9,328 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Nadir“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Nadir |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [naˈdiːɐ̯] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #90,671 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Nadir“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Nadir is uncommon German at frequency #90,671 among 1,954 “N” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [naˈdiːɐ̯]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "der tiefste Punkt des Himmelsgewölbes senkrecht unter dem Betrachter".
Nadir has no tracked misspelling variants, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. 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 headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is Nadir, spelled N-A-D-I-R.
Definition
- 1der tiefste Punkt des Himmelsgewölbes senkrecht unter dem Betrachter
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Nadir appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Der Blick auf den Nadir ist für einen Beobachter auf der Erde durch den Erdkörper stets verwehrt.
„Vom Zenit bis zum Nadir erstreckte sich ein unübersehbarer Ring von Sternenstaub, jene Milchstraße, in deren Mitte unsere Sonne nur als Stern vierter Größe gilt.“
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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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