nikdy
[ɲɪɡdɪ]
The verdict
“nikdy” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adverb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 5
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Negativadverb:
Corpus desk
Index DE-nikdy · nikdy · German
nikdy · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 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 | nikdy |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adverb |
| IPA | [ɲɪɡdɪ] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „nikdy“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
nikdy is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anadverb, transcribed [ɲɪɡdɪ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for nikdy, 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.
No documented word history exists for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is nikdy, spelled N-I-K-D-Y.
Definition
- 1Negativadverb:
- 2zu keiner Zeit: nie, niemals, nie zuvor
- 3je, jemals
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how nikdy appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Člověk nikdy neví, co se může stát.
Teď, nebo nikdy.
Antonyms
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.