Nahkampf
German, noun[ˈnaːˌkamp͡f]
Nahkampf is spelled N-A-H-K-A-M-P-F (8 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written German, the 43,786th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Nahkampf is a German masculine noun meaning “close combat” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “direkte Kampfhandlung über kurze/kürzeste Distanz, zum Beispiel zwischen zwei Personen”.
What does Nahkampf mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineclose combat
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. direkte Kampfhandlung über kurze/kürzeste Distanz, zum Beispiel zwischen zwei Personen
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of Nahkampf
- Nahkampfes genitive
- Nahkampfs genitive
- Nahkämpfe plural
- Nahkampfe dative singular
- Nahkämpfen dative definite plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Nahkampf?
- [ˈnaːˌkamp͡f]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Nahkampf
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Nahkampf in German?
Nahkampf appears about once in every 1 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).