nonverbal
[ˈnɔnvɛʁˌbaːl]
The verdict
“nonverbal” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - ohne Verwendung von Sprache
Corpus desk
Index DE-nonverbal · nonverbal · German
nonverbal · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "N" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | nonverbal |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [ˈnɔnvɛʁˌbaːl] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „nonverbal“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
nonverbal is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ˈnɔnvɛʁˌbaːl]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "ohne Verwendung von Sprache".
No generated misspelling entries exist for nonverbal in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is nonverbal, spelled N-O-N-V-E-R-B-A-L.
Definition
- 1ohne Verwendung von Sprache
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how nonverbal appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Die Linguistik interessiert sich auch für die nonverbale Kommunikation, also die Kommunikation mit Gestik, Mimik und anderen nichtsprachlichen Mitteln.
„Kulturanthropologen haben viel, vielleicht sogar vor allem mit nonverbalen Zeichen zu tun.“
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Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.