Netbook

[ˈnɛtbʊk]

/[ˈnɛtbʊk]/ noun

The verdict

“Netbook” is uncommon German (frequency #94,672 among 1,954 “N” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#94,672
frequency rank, German
1,954
“N” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - ein preisgünstiges, kleines Notebook, welches sich durch sein kompaktes Design und hohe Mobilität auszeichnet

Corpus desk

Index DE-netbook · Netbook · German

Netbook · rank #94,672 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #94,672
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,954
  • PHOTO-FINISH Nebelscheinwe…

Nearest frequency peer: Nebelscheinwerfer (-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 „Netbook“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Netbook“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Netbook
PropertyValue
HeadwordNetbook
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈnɛtbʊk]
Letters7
Frequency rank#94,672
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Netbook“ im Deutschen

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).Netbookfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Nebelscheinwerfer“ (#94,671), „Neurose“ (#94,674), „Naz“ (#94,668). Unter 1,954 „N“-Lemmata liegt „Netbook“ bei #94,672. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Netbook is uncommon German at frequency #94,672 among 1,954 “N” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈnɛtbʊk]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "ein preisgünstiges, kleines Notebook, welches sich durch sein kompaktes Design und hohe Mobilität auszeichnet".

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Netbook, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Netbook, spelled N-E-T-B-O-O-K.

Definition

  1. 1
    ein preisgünstiges, kleines Notebook, welches sich durch sein kompaktes Design und hohe Mobilität auszeichnet

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how Netbook appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Mein Netbook ist mobiler als dein Laptop.
  2. „Hinterlassen Netbooks sonst gern mal einen leicht "trashigen" Beigeschmack, zeigt sich der neue HP Mini hier von seiner besten Seite.“

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Netbook"?
"Netbook" is spelled N-E-T-B-O-O-K. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈnɛtbʊk].
What does "Netbook" mean?
As a noun, "Netbook" means: ein preisgünstiges, kleines Notebook, welches sich durch sein kompaktes Design und hohe Mobilität auszeichnet
How do you pronounce "Netbook"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Netbook" is [ˈnɛtbʊk]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Netbook" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list