Nonplusultra
[nɔnplʊsˈʔʊltʁa]
The verdict
“Nonplusultra” is uncommon German (frequency #88,076 among 1,954 “N” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #88,076
- frequency rank, German
- 1,954
- “N” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - etwas, das nicht mehr zu übertreffen ist, das Allerbeste
Corpus desk
Index DE-nonplusultra · Nonplusultra · German
Nonplusultra · rank #88,076 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #88,076
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,954
- PHOTO-FINISH Noma
Nearest frequency peer: Noma (-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 „Nonplusultra“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Niederdruck
Niederdruck
11,932 corpus weight
- Noma
Noma
11,926 corpus weight
- Nonplusultra
Nonplusultra
11,925 corpus weight
- normierte
normierte
11,924 corpus weight
- Notariat
Notariat
11,923 corpus weight
- Oberflächen…
Oberflächentemperatur
11,921 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Nonplusultra“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Nonplusultra |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [nɔnplʊsˈʔʊltʁa] |
| Letters | 12 |
| Frequency rank | #88,076 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Nonplusultra“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Nonplusultra is uncommon German at frequency #88,076 among 1,954 “N” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [nɔnplʊsˈʔʊltʁa]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "etwas, das nicht mehr zu übertreffen ist, das Allerbeste".
No generated misspelling entries exist for Nonplusultra in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, 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 Nonplusultra, spelled N-O-N-P-L-U-S-U-L-T-R-A.
Definition
- 1etwas, das nicht mehr zu übertreffen ist, das Allerbeste
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Nonplusultra appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Mein neuer Driver ist das Nonplusultra auf dem Golfschlägermarkt.
„Ich wollte so gut werden wie Elly Ney, die für den Vogel das Nonplusultra war.“
Synonyms
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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