nervig

/[ˈnɛʁfɪç]/ adj

Letters

6 characters

Frequency Rank

#9,244

in German word usage

Misspellings

9

tracked variants

Confusables

9

similar word pairs

nervig is anGermanadj. It means: sehnig, kräftig, kraftvoll, stark, zäh; „den Eindruck angespannter Kraft vermittelnd“ Pronounced [ˈnɛʁfɪç]. It ranks #9,244 in German word frequency. Often confused with nervt and nervös.

Key facts for nervig
PropertyValue
Headwordnervig
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdj
IPA[ˈnɛʁfɪç]
Letters6
Frequency rank#9,244
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs9
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of nervig in German word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for nervig is 6 letters long, classified as anadj, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈnɛʁfɪç]. Corpus data places it at rank #9,244 in overall German word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 6 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 9 documented wrong-spelling variants for nervig, with forms such as "enrvig", "nerivg", and "nerrvig". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 9 confusable-pair relationships, "nervt", "nervös", "nervst", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct German form is nervig, spelled N-E-R-V-I-G, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    sehnig, kräftig, kraftvoll, stark, zäh; „den Eindruck angespannter Kraft vermittelnd“
  2. 2
    entnervend, lästig, störend, unangenehm
  3. 3
    nervgesteuert, sensibel, aufgeweckt, kernig
  4. 4
    von „Nerven“ durchzogen, gerippt
  5. 5
    sich auf Nerven beziehend
  6. 6
    starkes und hartes Leder betreffend

Synonyms

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: enrvig,nerivg,nerrvig,nervgi,nervigg,nervvig,nevrig,nnervig,nrevig

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for nervig

Misspelling Variants of "nervig"

enrvig6nerivg6nerrvig7nervgi6nervigg7nervvig7nevrig6nnervig7
Misspelling Variants of "nervig"

Frequency rank: #9,244 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "nervig"?
"nervig" is spelled N-E-R-V-I-G. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈnɛʁfɪç].
What does "nervig" mean?
As an adj, "nervig" means: sehnig, kräftig, kraftvoll, stark, zäh; „den Eindruck angespannter Kraft vermittelnd“
What words are commonly confused with "nervig"?
"nervig" is commonly confused with "nervt", "nervös", "nervst". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "nervig"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "nervig" is [ˈnɛʁfɪç]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "nervig" come from?
"nervig" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.