Nebensache
German, noun/ˈneːbn̩ˌzaxə/
Nebensache is spelled N-E-B-E-N-S-A-C-H-E (10 letters) and appears 1.4 times per million words in written German, the 30,977th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Nebensache is a German feminine noun meaning “minor matter, minor point, side issue, irrelevant fact” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “etwas, was unbedeutend oder nicht so wichtig ist”.
What does Nebensache mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineminor matter, minor point, side issue, irrelevant fact
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. etwas, was unbedeutend oder nicht so wichtig ist
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of Nebensache
- Nebensachen plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Nebensache?
- /ˈneːbn̩ˌzaxə/
- [ˈneːbn̩ˌzaxə]
- [ˈneːbm̩ˌzaxə]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Nebensache
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Nebensache in German?
Nebensache appears 1.4 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).