Nebenamt
[ˈneːbn̩ˌʔamt]
The verdict
“Nebenamt” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - neben dem Hauptamt ausgeübte Tätigkeit
Corpus desk
Index DE-nebenamt · Nebenamt · German
Nebenamt · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 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 | Nebenamt |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈneːbn̩ˌʔamt] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Nebenamt“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Nebenamt is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈneːbn̩ˌʔamt]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "neben dem Hauptamt ausgeübte Tätigkeit".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for Nebenamt, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Nebenamt, spelled N-E-B-E-N-A-M-T.
Definition
- 1neben dem Hauptamt ausgeübte Tätigkeit
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Nebenamt appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Beispielsweise kann ein Beamter als Hauptamt die Tätigkeit eines Referatsleiters im Verkehrsministerium wahrnehmen und im Nebenamt die Aufsichtsratstätigkeit bei einer Bahngesellschaft ausüben.“
Antonyms
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.