nisten

/[ˈnɪstn̩]/ verb

Letters

6 characters

Frequency Rank

#52,299

in German word usage

Misspellings

0

tracked variants

Confusables

0

similar word pairs

nisten is aGermanverb. It means: ein Nest bauen und darin die Jungtiere aufziehen Pronounced [ˈnɪstn̩].

Key facts for nisten
PropertyValue
Headwordnisten
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[ˈnɪstn̩]
Letters6
Frequency rank#52,299
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of nisten in German word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for nisten is 6 letters long, classified as averb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈnɪstn̩]. Corpus data places it at rank #52,299 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "ein Nest bauen und darin die Jungtiere aufziehen".

No misspelling variants are generated for nisten in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns.It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

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. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct German form is nisten, spelled N-I-S-T-E-N, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    ein Nest bauen und darin die Jungtiere aufziehen

This word in other languages

Frequency rank: #52,299 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "nisten"?
"nisten" is spelled N-I-S-T-E-N. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈnɪstn̩].
What does "nisten" mean?
As a verb, "nisten" means: ein Nest bauen und darin die Jungtiere aufziehen
How do you pronounce "nisten"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "nisten" is [ˈnɪstn̩]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "nisten" come from?
"nisten" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.