Nebengasse
[ˈneːbn̩ˌɡasə]
The verdict
“Nebengasse” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - weniger frequentierte Gasse
Corpus desk
Index DE-nebengasse · Nebengasse · German
Nebengasse · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-4 4 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 | Nebengasse |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈneːbn̩ˌɡasə] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Nebengasse“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Nebengasse is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈneːbn̩ˌɡasə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "weniger frequentierte Gasse".
No generated misspelling entries exist for Nebengasse in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Nebengasse, spelled N-E-B-E-N-G-A-S-S-E.
Definition
- 1weniger frequentierte Gasse
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Nebengasse appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Wir kamen in eine dunkle Nebengasse, die nur an den Ecken vom weißen Licht der Hamburger-Stände und der Drugstores erleuchtet wurde.“
Synonyms
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.