nonverbale Kommunikation

[ˈnɔnvɛʁˌbaːlə kɔmunikaˈt͡si̯oːn]

/[ˈnɔnvɛʁˌbaːlə kɔmunikaˈt͡si̯oːn]/ noun

The verdict

“nonverbale Kommunikation” is outside the top-ranked German vocabulary, used as a noun - the kind of word writers most often double-check.

Unranked
below top-frequency German
24
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Kommunikation, die nonverbal abläuft, also ohne Verwendung sprachlicher Zeichen (Morpheme, Wörter, Sätze, Texte); Kommunikation mit Mitteln der Gestik, Mimik, des Blicks und darüber hinaus durch di...

Key facts for nonverbale Kommunikation
PropertyValue
Headwordnonverbale Kommunikation
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈnɔnvɛʁˌbaːlə kɔmunikaˈt͡si̯oːn]
Letters24
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “nonverbale Kommunikation” sits in German frequency

nonverbale Kommunikation falls outside the top-100,000 ranked German words, the long-tail zone of technical, archaic, or low-frequency vocabulary, exactly where readers second-guess spellings most.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for nonverbale Kommunikation is 24 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈnɔnvɛʁˌbaːlə kɔmunikaˈt͡si̯oːn]. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Kommunikation, die nonverbal abläuft, also ohne Verwendung sprachlicher Zeichen (Morpheme, Wörter, Sätze, Texte); Kommunikation mit Mitteln der Gestik, Mimik, des Blicks und darüber hinaus durch di...".

No misspelling variants are generated for nonverbale Kommunikation 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 nonverbale Kommunikation, spelled N-O-N-V-E-R-B-A-L-E- -K-O-M-M-U-N-I-K-A-T-I-O-N, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Kommunikation, die nonverbal abläuft, also ohne Verwendung sprachlicher Zeichen (Morpheme, Wörter, Sätze, Texte); Kommunikation mit Mitteln der Gestik, Mimik, des Blicks und darüber hinaus durch die Art des Auftretens, der Körperhaltung und Aufmachung, sofern eine kommunikative Absicht damit verbunden ist

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How do you spell "nonverbale Kommunikation"?
"nonverbale Kommunikation" is spelled N-O-N-V-E-R-B-A-L-E- -K-O-M-M-U-N-I-K-A-T-I-O-N. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈnɔnvɛʁˌbaːlə kɔmunikaˈt͡si̯oːn].
What does "nonverbale Kommunikation" mean?
As a noun, "nonverbale Kommunikation" means: Kommunikation, die nonverbal abläuft, also ohne Verwendung sprachlicher Zeichen (Morpheme, Wörter, Sätze, Texte); Kommunikation mit Mitteln der Gestik, Mimik, des Blicks und darüber hinaus durch di...
How do you pronounce "nonverbale Kommunikation"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "nonverbale Kommunikation" is [ˈnɔnvɛʁˌbaːlə kɔmunikaˈt͡si̯oːn]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
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Using “nonverbale Kommunikation”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct German spelling is N-O-N-V-E-R-B-A-L-E- -K-O-M-M-U-N-I-K-A-T-I-O-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as [ˈnɔnvɛʁˌbaːlə kɔmunikaˈt͡si̯oːn] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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