Nervennahrung
German, noun/ˈnɛʁfn̩ˌnaːʁʊŋ/
Nervennahrung is spelled N-E-R-V-E-N-N-A-H-R-U-N-G (13 letters) and appears about once in every 13 million words in written German, the 195,050th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Nervennahrung is a German feminine noun meaning “comfort food (food consumed to alleviate stress, or to cheer up)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Essen, das in Stresssituationen der Beruhigung dienen soll, meist aber viele Kalorien hat”.
What does Nervennahrung mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininecomfort food (food consumed to alleviate stress, or to cheer up)
Schokolade ist die beste Nervennahrung.
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Essen, das in Stresssituationen der Beruhigung dienen soll, meist aber viele Kalorien hat
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
How do you pronounce Nervennahrung?
- /ˈnɛʁfn̩ˌnaːʁʊŋ/
- [ˈnɛʁfn̩ˌnaːʁʊŋ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Nervennahrung in German?
Nervennahrung appears about once in every 13 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).