nebelhaft
[ˈneːbl̩haft]
The verdict
“nebelhaft” is outside the top-ranked German vocabulary, used as an adjective - the kind of word writers most often double-check.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - undeutlich, schattenhaft, wie von einem Nebel verborgen
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | nebelhaft |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [ˈneːbl̩haft] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “nebelhaft” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for nebelhaft is 9 letters long, classified as an adjective, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈneːbl̩haft]. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "undeutlich, schattenhaft, wie von einem Nebel verborgen".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for nebelhaft, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, 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 nebelhaft, spelled N-E-B-E-L-H-A-F-T.
Definition
- 1undeutlich, schattenhaft, wie von einem Nebel verborgen
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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.
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Using “nebelhaft”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is N-E-B-E-L-H-A-F-T - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.