nasty

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The verdict

“nasty” is uncommon German (frequency #72,762 among 1,954 “N” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#72,762
frequency rank, German
1,954
“N” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - eklig, widerlich, ekelerregend

Corpus desk

Index DE-nasty · nasty · German

nasty · rank #72,762 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #72,762
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,954
  • PHOTO-FINISH nachwachsen

Nearest frequency peer: nachwachsen (-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 „nasty“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for nasty
PropertyValue
Headwordnasty
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdjective
IPA[…]
Letters5
Frequency rank#72,762
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „nasty“ im Deutschen

Die Häufigkeit läuft von den wenigen Alltagswörtern (links) bis zur langen, seltenen Schwanzseite (rechts).nastyfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „nachwachsen“ (#72,761), „natter“ (#72,763), „nachvollziehbarer“ (#72,760). Unter 1,954 „N“-Lemmata liegt „nasty“ bei #72,762. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

nasty is uncommon German at frequency #72,762 among 1,954 “N” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed […]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 5 senses are on record.

Zero misspellings are on record for nasty in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. 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 its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is nasty, spelled N-A-S-T-Y.

Definition

  1. 1
    eklig, widerlich, ekelerregend
  2. 2
    fies, garstig
  3. 3
    schmerzhaft
  4. 4
    anstößig, schmutzig, ekelhaft
  5. 5
    unflätig, zotig

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 "nasty"?
"nasty" is spelled N-A-S-T-Y. The IPA pronunciation is […].
What does "nasty" mean?
As an adjective, "nasty" means: eklig, widerlich, ekelerregend
How do you pronounce "nasty"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "nasty" is […]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "nasty" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Mumps#72,752Mufti#72,751Mogul#72,741Polos#72,818

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list