nef

Name: nef, German Word Data
Creator: Wiktionary
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

[nɛf]

/[nɛf]/ noun

By PlainSpell · According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA) · analyzed September 3, 2026

The verdict

“nef” is uncommon German (frequency #67,550 among 1,954 “N” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#67,550
frequency rank, German: 1,954
“N” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Schiff, Segelschiff

Corpus desk

Index DE-nef · nef · German

nef · rank #67,550 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

FREQ-RARE #67,550
LEN-MID 3 letters
VOW-1 1 vowel
CONFUS-0 No pairs
VAR-0 0 variants
BOOK-MID 1,954
PHOTO-FINISH Nerz

Nearest frequency peer: Nerz (+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.

Nachtarbeit

32,455
Namensvetter

32,454
nef

32,451
Nerz

32,450
neudeutsch

32,448
Neufundland

32,447

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „nef“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Key facts for nef
Property	Value
Headword	nef
Language	German
Part of speech	Noun
IPA	[nɛf]
Letters	3
Frequency rank	#67,550
Misspellings tracked	0
Confusable pairs	0
Source	Wiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „nef“ im Deutschen

Die Häufigkeit läuft von den wenigen Alltagswörtern (links) bis zur langen, seltenen Schwanzseite (rechts).neffällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

#67,550

#1#100#1K#10K#100K

← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Achse ist logarithmisch: jeder Tick markiert etwa zehnfach geringere Häufigkeit. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Nerz“ (#67,551), „Namensvetter“ (#67,547), „neudeutsch“ (#67,553). Unter 1,954 „N“-Lemmata liegt „nef“ bei #67,550. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

nef is uncommon German at frequency #67,550 among 1,954 “N” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [nɛf]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

nef has no tracked misspelling variants, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is nef, spelled N-E-F.

Definition

1
Schiff, Segelschiff
2
Schiff, Kirchenschiff

This word in other languages

nave(English)

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "nef"?

"nef" is spelled N-E-F. The IPA pronunciation is [nɛf].

What does "nef" mean?

As a noun, "nef" means: Schiff, Segelschiff

How do you pronounce "nef"?

The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "nef" is [nɛf]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.

What language does "nef" come from?

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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "nef", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 3 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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