Narzisst

/[ˌnaʁˈt͡sɪst]/ noun

Letters

8 characters

Frequency Rank

#86,848

in German word usage

Misspellings

0

tracked variants

Confusables

0

similar word pairs

Narzisst is aGermannoun. It means: Person, die eine übertriebene Liebe zu sich selbst und Eitelkeit zeigt und sehr auf sich selbst bezogen ist Pronounced [ˌnaʁˈt͡sɪst].

Key facts for Narzisst
PropertyValue
HeadwordNarzisst
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˌnaʁˈt͡sɪst]
Letters8
Frequency rank#86,848
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of Narzisst in German word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for Narzisst is 8 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˌnaʁˈt͡sɪst]. Corpus data places it at rank #86,848 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

No frequent misspelling variants are recorded for Narzisst in our index, suggesting the orthography either follows predictable German patterns or the word is uncommon enough that typo corpora lack signal.It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct German form is Narzisst, spelled N-A-R-Z-I-S-S-T, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Person, die eine übertriebene Liebe zu sich selbst und Eitelkeit zeigt und sehr auf sich selbst bezogen ist
  2. 2
    Person, die an Narzissmus leidet

This word in other languages

Frequency rank: #86,848 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Narzisst"?
"Narzisst" is spelled N-A-R-Z-I-S-S-T. The IPA pronunciation is [ˌnaʁˈt͡sɪst].
What does "Narzisst" mean?
As a noun, "Narzisst" means: Person, die eine übertriebene Liebe zu sich selbst und Eitelkeit zeigt und sehr auf sich selbst bezogen ist
How do you pronounce "Narzisst"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Narzisst" is [ˌnaʁˈt͡sɪst]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Narzisst" come from?
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.