nationale

/[ˌnat͡si̯oˈnaːlə]/ adj

Letters

9 characters

Frequency Rank

#3,759

in German word usage

Misspellings

12

tracked variants

Confusables

5

similar word pairs

nationale is anGermanadj. It means: Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs national Pronounced [ˌnat͡si̯oˈnaːlə]. It ranks #3,759 in German word frequency. Often confused with nationalen and nationaler.

Key facts for nationale
PropertyValue
Headwordnationale
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdj
IPA[ˌnat͡si̯oˈnaːlə]
Letters9
Frequency rank#3,759
Misspellings tracked12
Confusable pairs5
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for nationale is 9 letters long, classified as anadj, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˌnat͡si̯oˈnaːlə]. Corpus data places it at rank #3,759 in overall German word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 9 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 12 documented wrong-spelling variants for nationale, with forms such as "antionale", "naitonale", and "natinoale". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 5 confusable-pair relationships, "nationalen", "nationaler", "nationales", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

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 nationale, spelled N-A-T-I-O-N-A-L-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs national
  2. 2
    Akkusativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs national
  3. 3
    Nominativ Plural alle Genera der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs national
  4. 4
    Akkusativ Plural alle Genera der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs national
  5. 5
    Nominativ Singular alle Genera der schwachen Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs national
  6. 6
    Akkusativ Singular Femininum der schwachen Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs national
  7. 7
    Akkusativ Singular Neutrum der schwachen Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs national
  8. 8
    Nominativ Singular Femininum der gemischten Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs national
  9. 9
    Akkusativ Singular Femininum der gemischten Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs national

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: antionale,naitonale,natinoale,natioanle,nationael,nationalle,nationlae,nationnale,natoinale,nattionale,nnationale,ntaionale

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for nationale

Misspelling Variants of "nationale"

antionale9naitonale9natinoale9natioanle9nationael9nationalle10nationlae9nationnale10
Misspelling Variants of "nationale"

Frequency rank: #3,759 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "nationale"?
"nationale" is spelled N-A-T-I-O-N-A-L-E. The IPA pronunciation is [ˌnat͡si̯oˈnaːlə].
What does "nationale" mean?
As an adj, "nationale" means: Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs national
What words are commonly confused with "nationale"?
"nationale" is commonly confused with "nationalen", "nationaler", "nationales". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "nationale"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "nationale" is [ˌnat͡si̯oˈnaːlə]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "nationale" come from?
"nationale" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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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.