Nasenloch

/[ˈnaːzn̩ˌlɔx]/ noun

Letters

9 characters

Frequency Rank

#80,721

in German word usage

Misspellings

0

tracked variants

Confusables

0

similar word pairs

Nasenloch is aGermannoun. It means: eine von zwei Öffnungen der Nase, die in das Innere der Nase, die Nasenhöhle führt Pronounced [ˈnaːzn̩ˌlɔx].

Key facts for Nasenloch
PropertyValue
HeadwordNasenloch
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈnaːzn̩ˌlɔx]
Letters9
Frequency rank#80,721
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for Nasenloch is 9 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈnaːzn̩ˌlɔx]. Corpus data places it at rank #80,721 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "eine von zwei Öffnungen der Nase, die in das Innere der Nase, die Nasenhöhle führt".

No frequent misspelling variants are recorded for Nasenloch 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 Nasenloch, spelled N-A-S-E-N-L-O-C-H, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    eine von zwei Öffnungen der Nase, die in das Innere der Nase, die Nasenhöhle führt

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This word in other languages

Frequency rank: #80,721 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Nasenloch"?
"Nasenloch" is spelled N-A-S-E-N-L-O-C-H. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈnaːzn̩ˌlɔx].
What does "Nasenloch" mean?
As a noun, "Nasenloch" means: eine von zwei Öffnungen der Nase, die in das Innere der Nase, die Nasenhöhle führt
How do you pronounce "Nasenloch"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Nasenloch" is [ˈnaːzn̩ˌlɔx]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Nasenloch" 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.