nahende

/[ˈnaːəndə]/ adj

The verdict

“nahende” is an uncommon German word, ranked #91,987 in German word frequency and used as an adjective.

#91,987
frequency rank, German
7
letters

Dominant Wiktionary sense: Nominativ Singular Femininum Positiv der starken Flexion des Adjektivs nahend

Key facts for nahende
PropertyValue
Headwordnahende
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdjective
IPA[ˈnaːəndə]
Letters7
Frequency rank#91,987
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “nahende” sits in German frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). nahende lands here:

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Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for nahende is 7 letters long, classified as an adjective, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈnaːəndə]. Corpus data places it at rank #91,987 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 11 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

No misspelling variants are generated for nahende in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

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. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct German form is nahende, spelled N-A-H-E-N-D-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Nominativ Singular Femininum Positiv der starken Flexion des Adjektivs nahend
  2. 2
    Akkusativ Singular Femininum Positiv der starken Flexion des Adjektivs nahend
  3. 3
    Nominativ Plural Positiv der starken Flexion des Adjektivs nahend
  4. 4
    Akkusativ Plural Positiv der starken Flexion des Adjektivs nahend
  5. 5
    Nominativ Singular Maskulinum Positiv der schwachen Flexion des Adjektivs nahend
  6. 6
    Nominativ Singular Femininum Positiv der schwachen Flexion des Adjektivs nahend
  7. 7
    Akkusativ Singular Femininum Positiv der schwachen Flexion des Adjektivs nahend
  8. 8
    Nominativ Singular Neutrum Positiv der schwachen Flexion des Adjektivs nahend
  9. 9
    Akkusativ Singular Neutrum Positiv der schwachen Flexion des Adjektivs nahend
  10. 10
    Nominativ Singular Femininum Positiv der gemischten Flexion des Adjektivs nahend
  11. 11
    Akkusativ Singular Femininum Positiv der gemischten Flexion des Adjektivs nahend

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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Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "nahende"?
"nahende" is spelled N-A-H-E-N-D-E. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈnaːəndə].
What does "nahende" mean?
As an adjective, "nahende" means: Nominativ Singular Femininum Positiv der starken Flexion des Adjektivs nahend
How do you pronounce "nahende"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "nahende" is [ˈnaːəndə]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "nahende" come from?
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Using “nahende”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct German spelling is N-A-H-E-N-D-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as [ˈnaːəndə] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list FrequencyWords open word-frequency list