Nehrung
[ˈneːʁʊŋ]
The verdict
“Nehrung” is uncommon German (frequency #73,833 among 1,954 “N” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #73,833
- frequency rank, German
- 1,954
- “N” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - lange, schmale Landzunge, die eine Lagune (ein Haff) unvollständig vom Meer abtrennt
Corpus desk
Index DE-nehrung · Nehrung · German
Nehrung · rank #73,833 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #73,833
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,954
- PHOTO-FINISH Nazismus
Nearest frequency peer: Nazismus (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “Nehrung”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- Nazideutsch…
Nazideutschland
26,170 corpus weight
- Nazismus
Nazismus
26,169 corpus weight
- Nehrung
Nehrung
26,168 corpus weight
- nervte
nervte
26,167 corpus weight
- Neuauflagen
Neuauflagen
26,165 corpus weight
- Neuenrade
Neuenrade
26,164 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “Nehrung” sits against the nearest ranked German headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Nehrung |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈneːʁʊŋ] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #73,833 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Wo “Nehrung” in der deutschen Häufigkeit sitzt
Rare enough to double-check
Nehrung is uncommon German at frequency #73,833 among 1,954 “N” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈneːʁʊŋ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "lange, schmale Landzunge, die eine Lagune (ein Haff) unvollständig vom Meer abtrennt".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Nehrung, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is Nehrung, spelled N-E-H-R-U-N-G.
Definition
- 1lange, schmale Landzunge, die eine Lagune (ein Haff) unvollständig vom Meer abtrennt
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Nehrung appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Die Nehrung trennt das Haff von der Ostsee.
„Langgestreckte Nehrungen voller Sanddünen und einige größere Inseln, Rügen die größte, sind vorgelagert.“
Antonyms
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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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