nebst

/[neːpst]/ prep

Letters

5 characters

Frequency Rank

#8,425

in German word usage

Misspellings

8

tracked variants

Confusables

17

similar word pairs

nebst is aGermanprep. It means: mit Dativ, veraltend: zusammen mit etwas oder jemandem Pronounced [neːpst]. It ranks #8,425 in German word frequency. Often confused with net and nes.

Key facts for nebst
PropertyValue
Headwordnebst
LanguageGerman
Part of speechPrep
IPA[neːpst]
Letters5
Frequency rank#8,425
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs17
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of nebst in German word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for nebst is 5 letters long, classified as aprep, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [neːpst]. Corpus data places it at rank #8,425 in overall German word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "mit Dativ, veraltend: zusammen mit etwas oder jemandem".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 8 documented wrong-spelling variants for nebst, with forms such as "enbst", "nbest", and "nebbst". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 17 confusable-pair relationships, "net", "nes", "nett", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct German form is nebst, spelled N-E-B-S-T, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    mit Dativ, veraltend: zusammen mit etwas oder jemandem

Antonyms

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: enbst,nbest,nebbst,nebsst,nebstt,nebts,nesbt,nnebst

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for nebst

Misspelling Variants of "nebst"

enbst5nbest5nebbst6nebsst6nebstt6nebts5nesbt5nnebst6
Misspelling Variants of "nebst"

Frequency rank: #8,425 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "nebst"?
"nebst" is spelled N-E-B-S-T. The IPA pronunciation is [neːpst].
What does "nebst" mean?
As a prep, "nebst" means: mit Dativ, veraltend: zusammen mit etwas oder jemandem
What words are commonly confused with "nebst"?
"nebst" is commonly confused with "net", "nes", "nett". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "nebst"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "nebst" is [neːpst]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "nebst" come from?
"nebst" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Other entries that begin with the letter N in our German index:

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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.