Nervengift
[ˈnɛʁfn̩ˌɡɪft]
The verdict
“Nervengift” is uncommon German (frequency #68,519 among 1,954 “N” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #68,519
- frequency rank, German
- 1,954
- “N” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Giftstoff, der Nervenzellen beziehungsweise das Nervengewebe beschädigt
Corpus desk
Index DE-nervengift · Nervengift · German
Nervengift · rank #68,519 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #68,519
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,954
- PHOTO-FINISH Nelke
Nearest frequency peer: Nelke (-1 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 „Nervengift“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Naturgewalt
Naturgewalt
31,485 corpus weight
- nech
nech
31,484 corpus weight
- Nelke
Nelke
31,483 corpus weight
- Nervengift
Nervengift
31,482 corpus weight
- Nervensäge
Nervensäge
31,481 corpus weight
- Neuburger
Neuburger
31,480 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Nervengift“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Nervengift |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈnɛʁfn̩ˌɡɪft] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #68,519 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Nervengift“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Nervengift is uncommon German at frequency #68,519 among 1,954 “N” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈnɛʁfn̩ˌɡɪft]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Giftstoff, der Nervenzellen beziehungsweise das Nervengewebe beschädigt".
Zero misspellings are on record for Nervengift in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is Nervengift, spelled N-E-R-V-E-N-G-I-F-T.
Definition
- 1Giftstoff, der Nervenzellen beziehungsweise das Nervengewebe beschädigt
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Nervengift appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Eine Stunde nach dem Biss hat sich ein a-Latrotoxin genanntes Nervengift im gesamten Lymphsystem des Opfers ausgebreitet.“
„Weitere Morde folgten, oft mittels Nervengiften, gelegentlich mit Polonium.“
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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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