Nervenkostüm
German, noun/ˈnɛʁfn̩kɔsˌtyːm/
Nervenkostüm is spelled N-E-R-V-E-N-K-O-S-T-Ü-M (12 letters) and appears about once in every 4 million words in written German, the 102,515th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Nervenkostüm is a German neuter noun meaning “nerves (one's emotional state, especially when seen as fragile)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “gesamtes, mehr oder weniger beanspruchtes System der Nerven”.
What does Nervenkostüm mean in English?
noun
- 1
informalneuternerves (one's emotional state, especially when seen as fragile)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. gesamtes, mehr oder weniger beanspruchtes System der Nerven
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 Nervenkostüm
- Nervenkostümes genitive
- Nervenkostüms genitive
- Nervenkostüme plural
- Nervenkostümen dative definite plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Nervenkostüm?
- /ˈnɛʁfn̩kɔsˌtyːm/
- [ˈnɛʁfn̩kɔsˌtyːm]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Nervenkostüm in German?
Nervenkostüm appears about once in every 4 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).