nejprve
[ˈnɛjpr̩vɛ]
The verdict
“nejprve” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adverb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - bevor man etwas anderes tut; zuerst, anfangs
Corpus desk
Index DE-nejprve · nejprve · German
nejprve · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-2 2 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 | nejprve |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adverb |
| IPA | [ˈnɛjpr̩vɛ] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „nejprve“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
nejprve is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anadverb, transcribed [ˈnɛjpr̩vɛ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "bevor man etwas anderes tut; zuerst, anfangs".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for nejprve, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is nejprve, spelled N-E-J-P-R-V-E.
Definition
- 1bevor man etwas anderes tut; zuerst, anfangs
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how nejprve appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Nejprve si to přečti a pak teprve podepiš.
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.