Nekrolog

[nekʁoˈloːk]

/[nekʁoˈloːk]/ noun

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Nekrolog
PropertyValue
HeadwordNekrolog
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[nekʁoˈloːk]
Letters8
Frequency rank#71,655
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Nekrolog“ im Deutschen

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).Nekrologfällt 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: „Naturgewalten“ (#71,652), „Neurodermitis“ (#71,658), „Narzissten“ (#71,651). Unter 1,954 „N“-Lemmata liegt „Nekrolog“ bei #71,655. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

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

  1. 1
    Würdigung eines Verstorbenen

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Berühmte Leute werden oft nach ihrem Tod mit einem Nekrolog geehrt.
  2. „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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Nekrolog"?
"Nekrolog" is spelled N-E-K-R-O-L-O-G. The IPA pronunciation is [nekʁoˈloːk].
What does "Nekrolog" mean?
As a noun, "Nekrolog" means: Würdigung eines Verstorbenen
How do you pronounce "Nekrolog"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Nekrolog" is [nekʁoˈloːk]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Nekrolog" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list