Nerz
[nɛʁt͡s]
The verdict
“Nerz” is uncommon German (frequency #67,551 among 1,954 “N” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #67,551
- frequency rank, German
- 1,954
- “N” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Raubtier aus der Familie der Marder, das ein dichtes bräunliches Fell hat
Corpus desk
Index DE-nerz · Nerz · German
Nerz · rank #67,551 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #67,551
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,954
- PHOTO-FINISH nef
Nearest frequency peer: nef (-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.
Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „Nerz“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Namensvetter
Namensvetter
32,454 corpus weight
- nef
nef
32,451 corpus weight
- Nerz
Nerz
32,450 corpus weight
- neudeutsch
neudeutsch
32,448 corpus weight
- Neufundland
Neufundland
32,447 corpus weight
- Neuregelung…
Neuregelungen
32,446 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Nerz“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Nerz |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [nɛʁt͡s] |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #67,551 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Nerz“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Nerz is uncommon German at frequency #67,551 among 1,954 “N” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [nɛʁt͡s]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for Nerz in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is Nerz, spelled N-E-R-Z.
Definition
- 1Raubtier aus der Familie der Marder, das ein dichtes bräunliches Fell hat
- 2Fell des unter [1] beschriebenen Raubtiers
- 3ein aus mehreren unter [2] beschriebenen Fellen hergestellter Pelz (zum Beispiel eine Jacke oder ein Mantel)
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Nerz appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Aus einer Pelztierfarm in Süderbrarup (Kreis Schleswig-Flensburg) sind in der Nacht zum Sonntag tausende Nerze entwichen.“
Als Anita gestern ihren Mantel aus Nerz trug, wurde sie in der Fußgängerzone mit faulen Eiern beworfen.
This word in other languages
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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Similar German words by spelling shape
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Frequency-ranked German headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).