neat
[niːt]
The verdict
“neat” is uncommon German (frequency #97,441 among 1,954 “N” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #97,441
- frequency rank, German
- 1,954
- “N” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - sorgfältig arrangiert, mit allem am rechten Platz, frei von Unordnung, gut organisiert
Corpus desk
Index DE-neat · neat · German
neat · rank #97,441 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #97,441
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,954
- PHOTO-FINISH nautische
Nearest frequency peer: nautische (-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 „neat“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Nasal
Nasal
2,563 corpus weight
- Nasenbein
Nasenbein
2,562 corpus weight
- nautische
nautische
2,561 corpus weight
- neat
neat
2,560 corpus weight
- NEFZ
NEFZ
2,558 corpus weight
- Neukunde
Neukunde
2,555 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „neat“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | neat |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [niːt] |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #97,441 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „neat“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
neat is uncommon German at frequency #97,441 among 1,954 “N” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [niːt]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for neat in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is neat, spelled N-E-A-T.
Definition
- 1sorgfältig arrangiert, mit allem am rechten Platz, frei von Unordnung, gut organisiert
- 2durch Schlauheit ohne viel Aufwand
- 3besonders gut
- 4ohne Beigabe
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.
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