Niedrigwasser

[ˈniːdʁɪçˌvasɐ]

/[ˈniːdʁɪçˌvasɐ]/ noun

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The verdict

“Niedrigwasser” is uncommon German (frequency #55,576 among 1,954 “N” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#55,576
frequency rank, German
1,954
“N” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - bei Bächen oder Flüssen ungewöhnlich niedriger Wasserstand

Corpus desk

Index DE-niedrigwasser · Niedrigwasser · German

Niedrigwasser · rank #55,576 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #55,576
  • LEN-MEGA 13 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,954
  • PHOTO-FINISH neunjährigen

Nearest frequency peer: neunjährigen (-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 „Niedrigwasser“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Niedrigwasser
PropertyValue
HeadwordNiedrigwasser
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈniːdʁɪçˌvasɐ]
Letters13
Frequency rank#55,576
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Niedrigwasser“ im Deutschen

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.Niedrigwasserfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „neunjährigen“ (#55,575), „Neubildung“ (#55,574), „nominal“ (#55,578). Unter 1,954 „N“-Lemmata liegt „Niedrigwasser“ bei #55,576. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Niedrigwasser is uncommon German at frequency #55,576 among 1,954 “N” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈniːdʁɪçˌvasɐ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

Niedrigwasser has no tracked misspelling variants, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. Our dataset records no confusable match here, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is Niedrigwasser, spelled N-I-E-D-R-I-G-W-A-S-S-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    bei Bächen oder Flüssen ungewöhnlich niedriger Wasserstand
  2. 2
    Tiefstand des Wassers am Ende der Ebbe

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Bei Niedrigwasser muss manchmal die Schifffahrt eingestellt werden.
  2. „2000 Kubikmeter Rhein pro Sekunde fließen an Köln vorbei; bei Niedrigwasser um die 700, bei dem Hochwasser von 1995 wurden gar 11000 gemessen.“

Synonyms

Niederwasser

Antonyms

HochwasserMittelwasser

This word in other languages

étiage(Français)

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 "Niedrigwasser"?
"Niedrigwasser" is spelled N-I-E-D-R-I-G-W-A-S-S-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈniːdʁɪçˌvasɐ].
What does "Niedrigwasser" mean?
As a noun, "Niedrigwasser" means: bei Bächen oder Flüssen ungewöhnlich niedriger Wasserstand
How do you pronounce "Niedrigwasser"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Niedrigwasser" is [ˈniːdʁɪçˌvasɐ]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Niedrigwasser" come from?
"Niedrigwasser" is a German word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 13 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Negativzinsen#55,572Parteipolitik#55,595Mineralstoffe#55,554mikroskopisch#55,551

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list