nigra
[ˈniɡra]
The verdict
“nigra” is uncommon German (frequency #53,118 among 1,954 “N” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #53,118
- frequency rank, German
- 1,954
- “N” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - ohne oder nahezu ohne jedwede Helligkeit, komplett dunkel; Farbe wie der nächtliche Schatten
Corpus desk
Index DE-nigra · nigra · German
nigra · rank #53,118 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #53,118
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,954
- PHOTO-FINISH Niete
Nearest frequency peer: Niete (-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 „nigra“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- neuzeitliche
neuzeitliche
46,886 corpus weight
- Neuzulassun…
Neuzulassungen
46,885 corpus weight
- Niete
Niete
46,884 corpus weight
- nigra
nigra
46,883 corpus weight
- nordamerika…
nordamerikanische
46,881 corpus weight
- nostrum
nostrum
46,880 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „nigra“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | nigra |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [ˈniɡra] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #53,118 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „nigra“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
nigra is uncommon German at frequency #53,118 among 1,954 “N” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ˈniɡra]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "ohne oder nahezu ohne jedwede Helligkeit, komplett dunkel; Farbe wie der nächtliche Schatten".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for nigra, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is nigra, spelled N-I-G-R-A.
Definition
- 1ohne oder nahezu ohne jedwede Helligkeit, komplett dunkel; Farbe wie der nächtliche Schatten
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how nigra appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Doktoro Corbalán […] esis viro du-metra, […] havanta longa hararo nigra ed okuli profundega, anke nigra.“
Antonyms
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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