Nekrolog
[nekʁoˈloːk]
The verdict
“Nekrolog” is uncommon German (frequency #71,655 among 1,954 “N” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #71,655
- frequency rank, German
- 1,954
- “N” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Würdigung eines Verstorbenen
Corpus desk
Index DE-nekrolog · Nekrolog · German
Nekrolog · rank #71,655 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #71,655
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,954
- PHOTO-FINISH Naturgewalten
Nearest frequency peer: Naturgewalten (-3 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 „Nekrolog“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- NAP
NAP
28,351 corpus weight
- Narzissten
Narzissten
28,350 corpus weight
- Naturgewalt…
Naturgewalten
28,349 corpus weight
- Nekrolog
Nekrolog
28,346 corpus weight
- Neurodermit…
Neurodermitis
28,343 corpus weight
- newspaper
newspaper
28,342 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Nekrolog“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Nekrolog |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [nekʁoˈloːk] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #71,655 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Nekrolog“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Nekrolog is uncommon German at frequency #71,655 among 1,954 “N” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [nekʁoˈloːk]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Würdigung eines Verstorbenen".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Nekrolog, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is Nekrolog, spelled N-E-K-R-O-L-O-G.
Definition
- 1Würdigung eines Verstorbenen
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Nekrolog appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Berühmte Leute werden oft nach ihrem Tod mit einem Nekrolog geehrt.
„Alles, was er mit seinen Tiraden, Monologen und Nekrologen bei Alf Bertini erreichte, war dieses dünne Lächeln ungeheurer Überlegenheit, was Eitel-Fritz Hattenroth in der Erregung allerdings als diskrete Zustimmung mißdeutete.“
Synonyms
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); 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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