nirgendwoher
German, adverb[ˈnɪʁɡn̩tvoˌheːɐ̯]
nirgendwoher is spelled N-I-R-G-E-N-D-W-O-H-E-R (12 letters) and appears about once in every 69 million words in written German, the 515,032nd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Nirgendwoher is a German adverb meaning “from nowhere (from no place)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “von keinem Ort, aus keiner Gegend, aus keiner Richtung”.
What does nirgendwoher mean in English?
adverb
- 1
from nowhere (from no place)
Coordinate term: nirgendwohin
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adverb: 1. von keinem Ort, aus keiner Gegend, aus keiner Richtung
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of nirgendwoher
- nirgendsher variant
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce nirgendwoher?
- [ˈnɪʁɡn̩tvoˌheːɐ̯]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is nirgendwoher in German?
nirgendwoher appears about once in every 69 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).