nahem

[ˈnaːəm]

/[ˈnaːəm]/ adj

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The verdict

“nahem” is uncommon German (frequency #78,326 among 1,954 “N” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#78,326
frequency rank, German
1,954
“N” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Dativ Singular Maskulinum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs nah

Corpus desk

Index DE-nahem · nahem · German

nahem · rank #78,326 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #78,326
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,954
  • PHOTO-FINISH nachrechnen

Nearest frequency peer: nachrechnen (-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 „nahem“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for nahem
PropertyValue
Headwordnahem
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdjective
IPA[ˈnaːəm]
Letters5
Frequency rank#78,326
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „nahem“ im Deutschen

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

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

Die Achse ist logarithmisch: jeder Tick markiert etwa zehnfach geringere Häufigkeit. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „nachrechnen“ (#78,325), „Namensschilder“ (#78,327), „nachgeforscht“ (#78,324). Unter 1,954 „N“-Lemmata liegt „nahem“ bei #78,326. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

nahem is uncommon German at frequency #78,326 among 1,954 “N” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ˈnaːəm]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for nahem, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

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 nahem, spelled N-A-H-E-M.

Definition

  1. 1
    Dativ Singular Maskulinum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs nah
  2. 2
    Dativ Singular Neutrum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs nah

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 "nahem"?
"nahem" is spelled N-A-H-E-M. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈnaːəm].
What does "nahem" mean?
As an adjective, "nahem" means: Dativ Singular Maskulinum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs nah
How do you pronounce "nahem"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "nahem" is [ˈnaːəm]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "nahem" come from?
"nahem" is a German word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

neune#78,337oliva#78,365Luzia#78,264Likud#78,257

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list