nah am Wasser gebaut
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The verdict
“nah am Wasser gebaut” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a phrase. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 20
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - sentimental, beim kleinsten Anlass anfangend zu weinen
Corpus desk
Index DE-nah-am-wasser-gebaut · nah am Wasser gebaut · German
nah am Wasser gebaut · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 20 letters
- VOW-7 7 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "N" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | nah am Wasser gebaut |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Phrase |
| IPA | […] |
| Letters | 20 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „nah am Wasser gebaut“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
nah am Wasser gebaut is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as aphrase, transcribed […]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "sentimental, beim kleinsten Anlass anfangend zu weinen".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for nah am Wasser gebaut, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
No borrowing history is documented 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 nah am Wasser gebaut, spelled N-A-H- -A-M- -W-A-S-S-E-R- -G-E-B-A-U-T.
Definition
- 1sentimental, beim kleinsten Anlass anfangend zu weinen
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how nah am Wasser gebaut appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Menschen, die nahe am Wasser gebaut sind, weinen oft im Kino.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.