Nassauer

[ˈnasaʊ̯ɐ]

/[ˈnasaʊ̯ɐ]/ noun

The verdict

“Nassauer” is uncommon German (frequency #78,329 among 1,954 “N” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#78,329
frequency rank, German
1,954
“N” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Einwohner von Nassau

Corpus desk

Index DE-nassauer · Nassauer · German

Nassauer · rank #78,329 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #78,329
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,954
  • PHOTO-FINISH narzisstischen

Nearest frequency peer: narzisstischen (-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 „Nassauer“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Nassauer“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Nassauer
PropertyValue
HeadwordNassauer
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈnasaʊ̯ɐ]
Letters8
Frequency rank#78,329
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Nassauer“ im Deutschen

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.Nassauerfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Achse ist logarithmisch: jeder Tick markiert etwa zehnfach geringere Häufigkeit. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „narzisstischen“ (#78,328), „Namensschilder“ (#78,327), „nahem“ (#78,326). Unter 1,954 „N“-Lemmata liegt „Nassauer“ bei #78,329. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Nassauer is uncommon German at frequency #78,329 among 1,954 “N” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈnasaʊ̯ɐ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Nassauer, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, 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 Nassauer, spelled N-A-S-S-A-U-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Einwohner von Nassau
  2. 2
    Schmarotzer, Parasit

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how Nassauer appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Ich bin geborener Nassauer.
  2. Du bist mir vielleicht ein Nassauer!

Synonyms

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Nassauer"?
"Nassauer" is spelled N-A-S-S-A-U-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈnasaʊ̯ɐ].
What does "Nassauer" mean?
As a noun, "Nassauer" means: Einwohner von Nassau
How do you pronounce "Nassauer"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Nassauer" is [ˈnasaʊ̯ɐ]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Nassauer" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Nassauer", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list