needed
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The verdict
“needed” is uncommon German (frequency #81,919 among 1,954 “N” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #81,919
- frequency rank, German
- 1,954
- “N” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Präteritum (simple past) des Verbs need
Corpus desk
Index DE-needed · needed · German
needed · rank #81,919 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #81,919
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,954
- PHOTO-FINISH Nebenbuhler
Nearest frequency peer: Nebenbuhler (-1 rank slots)
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.
Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „needed“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Nasenflügel
Nasenflügel
18,087 corpus weight
- Naturelle
Naturelle
18,085 corpus weight
- Nebenbuhler
Nebenbuhler
18,083 corpus weight
- needed
needed
18,082 corpus weight
- Neuberg
Neuberg
18,080 corpus weight
- Neutron
Neutron
18,079 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „needed“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | needed |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | […] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #81,919 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „needed“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
needed is uncommon German at frequency #81,919 among 1,954 “N” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed […]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Präteritum (simple past) des Verbs need".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for needed, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
No documented word history exists for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is needed, spelled N-E-E-D-E-D.
Definition
- 1Präteritum (simple past) des Verbs need
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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