Nirwana
[nɪʁˈvaːna]
The verdict
“Nirwana” is uncommon German (frequency #72,777 among 1,954 “N” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #72,777
- frequency rank, German
- 1,954
- “N” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - die Losgelöstheit von weltlichen Begierden und Leiden
Corpus desk
Index DE-nirwana · Nirwana · German
Nirwana · rank #72,777 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #72,777
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,954
- PHOTO-FINISH niederknien
Nearest frequency peer: niederknien (-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 „Nirwana“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Neurosen
Neurosen
27,227 corpus weight
- neustem
neustem
27,226 corpus weight
- niederknien
niederknien
27,225 corpus weight
- Nirwana
Nirwana
27,224 corpus weight
- Nock
Nock
27,223 corpus weight
- Normalbetri…
Normalbetrieb
27,222 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Nirwana“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Nirwana |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [nɪʁˈvaːna] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #72,777 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Nirwana“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Nirwana is uncommon German at frequency #72,777 among 1,954 “N” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [nɪʁˈvaːna]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "die Losgelöstheit von weltlichen Begierden und Leiden".
No misspelling variants are generated for Nirwana in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
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 Nirwana, spelled N-I-R-W-A-N-A.
Definition
- 1die Losgelöstheit von weltlichen Begierden und Leiden
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Nirwana appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Ins Nirwana nimmt man nicht einmal die Seele mit.“
„In knapp drei Jahrzehnten eifrigen Dienstes an Buddha gelangte er schließlich zur Vollendung und ging gemeinsam mit dem Meister und dem Freund mitten während der Versenkung auf der Andachtsmatte sanft und friedlich ins Nirwana ein.“
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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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