Nagoya

[naˈɡoːja]

/[naˈɡoːja]/ name

The verdict

“Nagoya” is uncommon German (frequency #77,100 among 1,954 “N” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#77,100
frequency rank, German
1,954
“N” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - eine Stadt in Japan

Corpus desk

Index DE-nagoya · Nagoya · German

Nagoya · rank #77,100 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #77,100
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,954
  • PHOTO-FINISH nahezubringen

Nearest frequency peer: nahezubringen (+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 „Nagoya“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Nagoya“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Nagoya
PropertyValue
HeadwordNagoya
LanguageGerman
Part of speechProper noun
IPA[naˈɡoːja]
Letters6
Frequency rank#77,100
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Nagoya“ im Deutschen

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.Nagoyafällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „nahezubringen“ (#77,101), „Naples“ (#77,102), „Nationalbewusstsein“ (#77,103). Unter 1,954 „N“-Lemmata liegt „Nagoya“ bei #77,100. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Nagoya is uncommon German at frequency #77,100 among 1,954 “N” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed [naˈɡoːja]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "eine Stadt in Japan".

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Nagoya, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

No documented word history exists for this headword, 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 Nagoya, spelled N-A-G-O-Y-A.

Definition

  1. 1
    eine Stadt in Japan

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how Nagoya appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. „Der Verband der Anwälte in Nagoya empfiehlt daher Firmen und Vermietern, in jeden Vertrag eine Klausel aufzunehmen, die eine Kündigung erleichtert, wenn die Mietpartei dem organisierten Verbrechen angehört.“
  2. „Ishido war vor Wut fast wahnsinnig geworden, als er hörte, dass seine verehrte Mutter sich in der Toranaga-Hochburg Nagoya befinde.“

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Nagoya"?
"Nagoya" is spelled N-A-G-O-Y-A. The IPA pronunciation is [naˈɡoːja].
What does "Nagoya" mean?
As a proper noun, "Nagoya" means: eine Stadt in Japan
How do you pronounce "Nagoya"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Nagoya" is [naˈɡoːja]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Nagoya" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Nagoya", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list