nebelhaft
[ˈneːbl̩haft]
The verdict
“nebelhaft” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - undeutlich, schattenhaft, wie von einem Nebel verborgen
Corpus desk
Index DE-nebelhaft · nebelhaft · German
nebelhaft · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "N" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | nebelhaft |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [ˈneːbl̩haft] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „nebelhaft“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
nebelhaft is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ˈneːbl̩haft]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "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
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how nebelhaft appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„‚Zunächst war da nur die Idee, die nebelhafte Vorstellung, eine astronomische Kunstuhr zu bauen, die mehr sein sollte als bloß ein Zeitmesser, als ein technisches Instrument zur Darstellung kosmischer Zeitabläufe‘, erzählt der Uhrmacher.“
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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.