následek
[ˈnaːslɛdɛk]
The verdict
“následek” 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) - Ergebnis oder Wirkung einer Handlung oder eines Geschehens; Folge, Auswirkung, Nachwirkung, Folgeerscheinung
Corpus desk
Index DE-nasledek · následek · German
následek · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 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 | následek |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈnaːslɛdɛk] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „následek“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
následek is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈnaːslɛdɛk]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Ergebnis oder Wirkung einer Handlung oder eines Geschehens; Folge, Auswirkung, Nachwirkung, Folgeerscheinung".
následek has no tracked misspelling variants, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. 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.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, 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 následek, spelled N-Á-S-L-E-D-E-K.
Definition
- 1Ergebnis oder Wirkung einer Handlung oder eines Geschehens; Folge, Auswirkung, Nachwirkung, Folgeerscheinung
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how následek appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Dá se předpokládat, že si je vědom trestních následků křivé výpovědi.
Antonyms
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). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.