Nanjing

[nandʑɪŋ]

/[nandʑɪŋ]/ name

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The verdict

“Nanjing” is uncommon German (frequency #59,920 among 1,954 “N” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#59,920
frequency rank, German
1,954
“N” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Hauptstadt der chinesischen Provinz Jiangsu

Corpus desk

Index DE-nanjing · Nanjing · German

Nanjing · rank #59,920 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #59,920
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,954
  • PHOTO-FINISH nahestehen

Nearest frequency peer: nahestehen (-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 „Nanjing“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Nanjing
PropertyValue
HeadwordNanjing
LanguageGerman
Part of speechProper noun
IPA[nandʑɪŋ]
Letters7
Frequency rank#59,920
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Nanjing“ im Deutschen

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).Nanjingfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „nahestehen“ (#59,919), „Nationalteams“ (#59,921), „nacktes“ (#59,918). Unter 1,954 „N“-Lemmata liegt „Nanjing“ bei #59,920. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Nanjing is uncommon German at frequency #59,920 among 1,954 “N” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed [nandʑɪŋ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Hauptstadt der chinesischen Provinz Jiangsu".

Nanjing has no tracked misspelling variants, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, 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 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 Nanjing, spelled N-A-N-J-I-N-G.

Definition

  1. 1
    Hauptstadt der chinesischen Provinz Jiangsu

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how Nanjing appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. „›Wir haben sie zu ihren Eltern in Nanjing gebracht‹, sagte Johnson.“

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 "Nanjing"?
"Nanjing" is spelled N-A-N-J-I-N-G. The IPA pronunciation is [nandʑɪŋ].
What does "Nanjing" mean?
As a proper noun, "Nanjing" means: Hauptstadt der chinesischen Provinz Jiangsu
How do you pronounce "Nanjing"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Nanjing" is [nandʑɪŋ]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Nanjing" come from?
"Nanjing" 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 "Nanjing", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

nacktes#59,918mutters#59,906Mondsee#59,898modeste#59,897

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list