neg

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The verdict

“neg” is uncommon German (frequency #70,613 among 1,954 “N” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#70,613
frequency rank, German
1,954
“N” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - jemanden negatives Feedback geben

Corpus desk

Index DE-neg · neg · German

neg · rank #70,613 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #70,613
  • LEN-MID 3 letters
  • VOW-1 1 vowel
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,954
  • PHOTO-FINISH necessary

Nearest frequency peer: necessary (-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 „neg“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for neg
PropertyValue
Headwordneg
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[…]
Letters3
Frequency rank#70,613
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „neg“ im Deutschen

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).negfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Achse ist logarithmisch: jeder Tick markiert etwa zehnfach geringere Häufigkeit. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „necessary“ (#70,612), „Nettigkeit“ (#70,614), „Neapolitanischen“ (#70,611). Unter 1,954 „N“-Lemmata liegt „neg“ bei #70,613. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

neg is uncommon German at frequency #70,613 among 1,954 “N” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed […]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "jemanden negatives Feedback geben".

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for neg, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology 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 neg, spelled N-E-G.

Definition

  1. 1
    jemanden negatives Feedback geben

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how neg appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. …although I was constantly negging others with criticism, ridicule, scorn, and conceit for status inferiority;

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 "neg"?
"neg" is spelled N-E-G. The IPA pronunciation is […].
What does "neg" mean?
As a verb, "neg" means: jemanden negatives Feedback geben
How do you pronounce "neg"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "neg" is […]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "neg" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

MFA#70,570PDC#70,660IRS#70,417hap#70,360

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list