Niet
[niːt]
The verdict
“Niet” is uncommon German (frequency #53,943 among 1,954 “N” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #53,943
- frequency rank, German
- 1,954
- “N” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - ein Verbindungsstück ähnlich einer Schraube ohne Gewinde
Corpus desk
Index DE-niet · Niet · German
Niet · rank #53,943 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #53,943
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,954
- PHOTO-FINISH Nierenversagen
Nearest frequency peer: Nierenversagen (-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 „Niet“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Neuseelands
Neuseelands
46,061 corpus weight
- neuseeländi…
neuseeländischen
46,060 corpus weight
- Nierenversa…
Nierenversagen
46,059 corpus weight
- Niet
Niet
46,058 corpus weight
- Nordsyrien
Nordsyrien
46,057 corpus weight
- Notenbanken
Notenbanken
46,054 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Niet“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Niet |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [niːt] |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #53,943 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Niet“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Niet is uncommon German at frequency #53,943 among 1,954 “N” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [niːt]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "ein Verbindungsstück ähnlich einer Schraube ohne Gewinde".
Zero misspellings are on record for Niet in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
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 Niet, spelled N-I-E-T.
Definition
- 1ein Verbindungsstück ähnlich einer Schraube ohne Gewinde
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Niet appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Um eine Nietverbindung herzustellen, wird auf den Niet eingeschlagen, bis der Nietkopf geformt ist.
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); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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