nervöses

[nɛʁˈvøːzəs]

/[nɛʁˈvøːzəs]/ adj

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The verdict

“nervöses” is uncommon German (frequency #98,854 among 1,954 “N” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#98,854
frequency rank, German
1,954
“N” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Nominativ Singular Neutrum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs nervös

Corpus desk

Index DE-nervoses · nervöses · German

nervöses · rank #98,854 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #98,854
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,954
  • PHOTO-FINISH neri

Nearest frequency peer: neri (-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.

Frequency neighbourhood for “nervöses”

Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)

corpus weight

What this shows Bars show where “nervöses” sits against the nearest ranked German headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for nervöses
PropertyValue
Headwordnervöses
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdjective
IPA[nɛʁˈvøːzəs]
Letters8
Frequency rank#98,854
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “nervöses” sits in German frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). nervöses lands here:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

nervöses is uncommon German at frequency #98,854 among 1,954 “N” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [nɛʁˈvøːzəs]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.

No misspelling variants are generated for nervöses in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

No documented word history exists for this headword, 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 nervöses, spelled N-E-R-V-Ö-S-E-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Nominativ Singular Neutrum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs nervös
  2. 2
    Akkusativ Singular Neutrum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs nervös
  3. 3
    Nominativ Singular Neutrum der gemischten Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs nervös
  4. 4
    Akkusativ Singular Neutrum der gemischten Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs nervös

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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Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "nervöses"?
"nervöses" is spelled N-E-R-V-Ö-S-E-S. The IPA pronunciation is [nɛʁˈvøːzəs].
What does "nervöses" mean?
As an adjective, "nervöses" means: Nominativ Singular Neutrum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs nervös
How do you pronounce "nervöses"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "nervöses" is [nɛʁˈvøːzəs]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "nervöses", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Nideggen#98,859Nagetier#98,843nuschelt#98,868Musikant#98,830

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Data Source

Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list