nichtstaatlich
[ˈnɪçtˌʃtaːtlɪç]
The verdict
“nichtstaatlich” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 14
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - nicht dem Staat gehörend, nicht vom Staat geleitet
Corpus desk
Index DE-nichtstaatlich · nichtstaatlich · German
nichtstaatlich · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 14 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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | nichtstaatlich |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [ˈnɪçtˌʃtaːtlɪç] |
| Letters | 14 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „nichtstaatlich“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
nichtstaatlich is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ˈnɪçtˌʃtaːtlɪç]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "nicht dem Staat gehörend, nicht vom Staat geleitet".
Zero misspellings are on record for nichtstaatlich in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is nichtstaatlich, spelled N-I-C-H-T-S-T-A-A-T-L-I-C-H.
Definition
- 1nicht dem Staat gehörend, nicht vom Staat geleitet
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how nichtstaatlich appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Der Wirtschafts- und Sozialrat kann geeignete Abmachungen zwecks Konsultation mit nichtstaatlichen Organisationen treffen, die sich mit Angelegenheiten seiner Zuständigkeit befassen.“
Antonyms
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.