nervös
German, adjective[nɛɐ̯ˈvøːs]
nervös is spelled N-E-R-V-Ö-S (6 letters) and appears 11 times per million words in written German, the 6,291st most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Nervös is a German adjective meaning “nervous (anxious)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “so, dass man schnell aufgeregt und reizbar ist”.
What does nervös mean in English?
adjective
- 1
nervous (anxious)
- 2
jumpy
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. so, dass man schnell aufgeregt und reizbar ist 2. durch Nerven ausgelöst, nervlich
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 nervös
- nervöser masculine nominative singular
- am nervösesten superlative
- nervöse feminine nominative singular
- nervöses neuter nominative singular
- nervösen genitive masculine singular
- nervösem dative masculine singular
- der nervöse definite includes-article masculine
- die nervöse definite feminine includes-article
- das nervöse definite includes-article neuter
- die nervösen definite includes-article nominative
- des nervösen definite genitive includes-article
- der nervösen definite feminine genitive
- dem nervösen dative definite includes-article
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce nervös?
- [nɛɐ̯ˈvøːs]
- [nɛʁˈvøːs]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to nervös
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is nervös in German?
nervös appears 11 times per million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).