Narretei
[naʁəˈtaɪ̯]
The verdict
“Narretei” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - närrisches Verhalten und Ergebnis eines solchen Verhaltens
Corpus desk
Index DE-narretei · Narretei · German
Narretei · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "N" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Narretei |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [naʁəˈtaɪ̯] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Narretei“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Narretei is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [naʁəˈtaɪ̯]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "närrisches Verhalten und Ergebnis eines solchen Verhaltens".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Narretei, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Narretei, spelled N-A-R-R-E-T-E-I.
Definition
- 1närrisches Verhalten und Ergebnis eines solchen Verhaltens
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Narretei appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Walpurgisnacht hat etwas mit Karneval zu tun, mit Fasching, wo die Sitten zugunsten der Narretei aufgehoben werden.“
„Aber je wahrheitsgetreuer ihr Bericht war, um so mehr fühlte sich die gute Dame in ihrer Ansicht bestärkt, daß sie verrückt sei, und sie lachte mit mir nur über die vermeintlichen Narreteien meiner Verräterin.“
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.