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The verdict

“nevertheless” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adverb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency German
12
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - nichtsdestoweniger; dennoch, trotzdem, gleichwohl

Corpus desk

Index DE-nevertheless · nevertheless · German

nevertheless · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-MEGA 12 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "N" thin
  • PHOTO-UNK Peer pending

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.

Key facts for nevertheless
PropertyValue
Headwordnevertheless
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdverb
IPA[…]
Letters12
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „nevertheless“ im Deutschen

neverthelessliegt außerhalb der 100.000 häufigsten deutschen Wörter, im Langschwanz technischer, archaischer oder seltener Formen, genau dort, wo Schreibzweifeln zuschlagen.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

nevertheless is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anadverb, transcribed […]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "nichtsdestoweniger; dennoch, trotzdem, gleichwohl".

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for nevertheless, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

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. The correct German form is nevertheless, spelled N-E-V-E-R-T-H-E-L-E-S-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    nichtsdestoweniger; dennoch, trotzdem, gleichwohl

Synonyms

in spite ofhowevernonetheless

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "nevertheless"?
"nevertheless" is spelled N-E-V-E-R-T-H-E-L-E-S-S. The IPA pronunciation is […].
What does "nevertheless" mean?
As an adverb, "nevertheless" means: nichtsdestoweniger; dennoch, trotzdem, gleichwohl
How do you pronounce "nevertheless"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "nevertheless" is […]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "nevertheless" come from?
"nevertheless" is a German word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list