nebenan
German, adverb/ˌneːbənˈan/
nebenan is spelled N-E-B-E-N-A-N (7 letters) and appears 9.8 times per million words in written German, the 7,170th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Nebenan is a German adverb meaning “next door” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “direkt rechts oder links an etwas angrenzend”.
What does nebenan mean in English?
adverb
- 1
next door
Mein Lehrer wohnt gleich nebenan.
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adverb: 1. direkt rechts oder links an etwas angrenzend 2. (vor allem horizontal) nahe an etwas angrenzend
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
How do you pronounce nebenan?
- /ˌneːbənˈan/
- [ˌneː.bm̩ˈʔan]
- [-bən-]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to nebenan
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is nebenan in German?
nebenan appears 9.8 times per million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).