narrow
[ˈnæɹəʊ]
The verdict
“narrow” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 6
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - von geringer Breite
Corpus desk
Index DE-narrow · narrow · German
narrow · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 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 | narrow |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [ˈnæɹəʊ] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „narrow“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
narrow is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ˈnæɹəʊ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "von geringer Breite".
No generated misspelling entries exist for narrow in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, 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 narrow, spelled N-A-R-R-O-W.
Definition
- 1von geringer Breite
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how narrow appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
We cross a narrow bridge.
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.