niederkommen
[ˈniːdɐˌkɔmən]
The verdict
“niederkommen” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. 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) - ein oder mehrere Kinder zur Welt bringen
Corpus desk
Index DE-niederkommen · niederkommen · German
niederkommen · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 12 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 | niederkommen |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˈniːdɐˌkɔmən] |
| Letters | 12 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „niederkommen“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
niederkommen is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed [ˈniːdɐˌkɔmən]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "ein oder mehrere Kinder zur Welt bringen".
No misspelling variants are generated for niederkommen in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is niederkommen, spelled N-I-E-D-E-R-K-O-M-M-E-N.
Definition
- 1ein oder mehrere Kinder zur Welt bringen
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how niederkommen appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Das Kind sollte nicht im nächsten Jahr geboren werden, weshalb sie sich entschloss, noch vor dem Jahreswechsel niederzukommen.
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). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.