NJ

[ɲ(ə)]

/[ɲ(ə)]/ character

The verdict

“NJ” is uncommon German (frequency #59,034 among 1,954 “N” headwords), classed as a character. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#59,034
frequency rank, German
1,954
“N” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - 20. Buchstabe des modernen albanischen Alphabets (Großschrift)

Corpus desk

Index DE-nj · NJ · German

NJ · rank #59,034 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #59,034
  • LEN-SHORT 2 letters
  • VOW-0 0 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,954
  • PHOTO-FINISH Norddeutschla…

Nearest frequency peer: Norddeutschlands (+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 „NJ“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „NJ“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for NJ
PropertyValue
HeadwordNJ
LanguageGerman
Part of speechCharacter
IPA[ɲ(ə)]
Letters2
Frequency rank#59,034
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „NJ“ im Deutschen

Die Häufigkeit läuft von den wenigen Alltagswörtern (links) bis zur langen, seltenen Schwanzseite (rechts).NJfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Achse ist logarithmisch: jeder Tick markiert etwa zehnfach geringere Häufigkeit. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Norddeutschlands“ (#59,035), „normativen“ (#59,036), „neuartiger“ (#59,031). Unter 1,954 „N“-Lemmata liegt „NJ“ bei #59,034. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

NJ is uncommon German at frequency #59,034 among 1,954 “N” headwords, classed as acharacter, transcribed [ɲ(ə)]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "20. Buchstabe des modernen albanischen Alphabets (Großschrift)".

NJ doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, 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 NJ, spelled N-J.

Definition

  1. 1
    20. Buchstabe des modernen albanischen Alphabets (Großschrift)

Synonyms

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "NJ"?
"NJ" is spelled N-J. The IPA pronunciation is [ɲ(ə)].
What does "NJ" mean?
As a character, "NJ" means: 20. Buchstabe des modernen albanischen Alphabets (Großschrift)
How do you pronounce "NJ"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "NJ" is [ɲ(ə)]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "NJ" come from?
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list