niedergehen
[ˈniːdɐˌɡeːən]
The verdict
“niedergehen” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 11
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - mehr oder minder sanft oder schnell aus der Höhe herunterfallen
Corpus desk
Index DE-niedergehen · niedergehen · German
niedergehen · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-5 5 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 | niedergehen |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˈniːdɐˌɡeːən] |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „niedergehen“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
niedergehen is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed [ˈniːdɐˌɡeːən]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for niedergehen, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is niedergehen, spelled N-I-E-D-E-R-G-E-H-E-N.
Definition
- 1mehr oder minder sanft oder schnell aus der Höhe herunterfallen
- 2mit einem Flugzeug aus der Luft wieder auf die Erde gelangen
- 3zu Boden gehen
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how niedergehen appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Meteoritenschauer, bei denen in kurzer Zeit große Mengen Meteoriten niedergehen, treten in der Realität eher selten auf (z. B. auf dem Jupiter 1994).“
„Eine solche Rakete hat den Vorteil, dass sie auch über bewohntem Gebiet niedergehen kann, ohne Sach- und Personenschäden zu verursachen.“
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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.