nerval
[nɛʁˈvaːl]
The verdict
“nerval” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 6
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - zu den Nerven gehörig; die Nerventätigkeit betreffend
Corpus desk
Index DE-nerval · nerval · German
nerval · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 6 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 | nerval |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [nɛʁˈvaːl] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „nerval“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
nerval is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed [nɛʁˈvaːl]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "zu den Nerven gehörig; die Nerventätigkeit betreffend".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for nerval, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is nerval, spelled N-E-R-V-A-L.
Definition
- 1zu den Nerven gehörig; die Nerventätigkeit betreffend
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how nerval appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Der untersuchende Oberarzt Hans Mair, dem bereits erste Ergebnisse vorliegen, spricht von einem klassischen Fall von Creutzfeldt-Jakob. "Bisher gab es keine ungewöhnlichen Fälle in Österreich." Auch der Wiener Neuropathologe Herbert Budka ist sich sicher, daß in Österreich noch keine dem Rinderwahn verwandten Fälle bei Menschen aufgetreten sind. Landesve…
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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.