named
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The verdict
“named” is uncommon German (frequency #91,989 among 1,954 “N” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #91,989
- frequency rank, German
- 1,954
- “N” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Präteritum (simple past) des Verbs name
Corpus desk
Index DE-named · named · German
named · rank #91,989 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #91,989
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,954
- PHOTO-FINISH Nahrungsmitte…
Nearest frequency peer: Nahrungsmittelproduktion (-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 „named“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- nachwirken
nachwirken
8,016 corpus weight
- nahende
nahende
8,014 corpus weight
- Nahrungsmit…
Nahrungsmittelproduktion
8,013 corpus weight
- named
named
8,012 corpus weight
- Naturdenkmal
Naturdenkmal
8,010 corpus weight
- Naturschaus…
Naturschauspiel
8,009 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „named“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | named |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | […] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #91,989 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „named“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
named is uncommon German at frequency #91,989 among 1,954 “N” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed […]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Präteritum (simple past) des Verbs name".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for named, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct German form is named, spelled N-A-M-E-D.
Definition
- 1Präteritum (simple past) des Verbs name
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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