Nasal
[naˈzaːl]
The verdict
“Nasal” is uncommon German (frequency #97,438 among 1,954 “N” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #97,438
- frequency rank, German
- 1,954
- “N” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - nasaler Konsonant oder Vokal, bei dem der Luftstrom ganz oder teilweise über den Nasenraum entweicht
Corpus desk
Index DE-nasal · Nasal · German
Nasal · rank #97,438 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #97,438
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,954
- PHOTO-FINISH Nasenbein
Nearest frequency peer: Nasenbein (+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 „Nasal“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- nachträglic…
nachträgliches
2,567 corpus weight
- Nachweises
Nachweises
2,566 corpus weight
- Nasal
Nasal
2,563 corpus weight
- Nasenbein
Nasenbein
2,562 corpus weight
- nautische
nautische
2,561 corpus weight
- neat
neat
2,560 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Nasal“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Nasal |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [naˈzaːl] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #97,438 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Nasal“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Nasal is uncommon German at frequency #97,438 among 1,954 “N” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [naˈzaːl]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "nasaler Konsonant oder Vokal, bei dem der Luftstrom ganz oder teilweise über den Nasenraum entweicht".
Nasal doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is Nasal, spelled N-A-S-A-L.
Definition
- 1nasaler Konsonant oder Vokal, bei dem der Luftstrom ganz oder teilweise über den Nasenraum entweicht
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Nasal appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Im Deutschen sind alle Nasale Nasalkonsonanten; Nasalvokale kommen nur in Fremdwörtern vor (z.B.: "Balkon" [balkɔ̃]). Die deutschen Nasale sind: [m], [n] und [ŋ] (wie in "sang" [zaŋ]).
„Schließlich können die Nasale und Liquiden die Rolle eines Vokals übernehmen und silben tragen; man bezeichnet sie in dieser Funktion durch den indogermanischen Ablaut bestimmten Funktion als nasales beziehungsweise liquidae sonantes oder kurz als Sonanten (geschrieben m̩, n̩, r̩, l̩).“
This word in other languages
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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