nejdříve
[ˈnɛjdr̝iːvɛ]
The verdict
“nejdříve” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adverb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - [1] als erstes einer Reihe von Begebenheiten; am frühesten, am ehesten, frühestens, ehestens
Corpus desk
Index DE-nejdrive · nejdříve · German
nejdříve · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "N" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | nejdříve |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adverb |
| IPA | [ˈnɛjdr̝iːvɛ] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „nejdříve“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
nejdříve is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anadverb, transcribed [ˈnɛjdr̝iːvɛ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for nejdříve, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is nejdříve, spelled N-E-J-D-Ř-Í-V-E.
Definition
- 1[1] als erstes einer Reihe von Begebenheiten; am frühesten, am ehesten, frühestens, ehestens
- 2[2] vor einem anderen Sachverhalt; zuerst, zuallererst
This word in other languages
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.