nervenaufreibend
German, adjective[ˈnɛʁfn̩ˌaʊ̯fʁaɪ̯bn̩t]
nervenaufreibend is spelled N-E-R-V-E-N-A-U-F-R-E-I-B-E-N-D (16 letters) and appears about once in every 3 million words in written German, the 88,766th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Nervenaufreibend is a German adjective meaning “unnerving” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “die Nerven stark belastend”.
What does nervenaufreibend mean in English?
adjective
- 1
unnerving
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. die Nerven stark belastend
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of nervenaufreibend
- nervenaufreibender masculine nominative singular
- am nervenaufreibendsten superlative
- nervenaufreibende feminine nominative singular
- nervenaufreibendes neuter nominative singular
- nervenaufreibenden genitive masculine singular
- nervenaufreibendem dative masculine singular
- der nervenaufreibende definite includes-article masculine
- die nervenaufreibende definite feminine includes-article
- das nervenaufreibende definite includes-article neuter
- die nervenaufreibenden definite includes-article nominative
- des nervenaufreibenden definite genitive includes-article
- der nervenaufreibenden definite feminine genitive
- dem nervenaufreibenden dative definite includes-article
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce nervenaufreibend?
- [ˈnɛʁfn̩ˌaʊ̯fʁaɪ̯bn̩t]
- [ˈnɛʁfn̩ˌʔaʊ̯fʁaɪ̯bn̩t]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to nervenaufreibend
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is nervenaufreibend in German?
nervenaufreibend appears about once in every 3 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).