nonverbale Kommunikation
[ˈnɔnvɛʁˌbaːlə kɔmunikaˈt͡si̯oːn]
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...
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | nonverbale Kommunikation |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈnɔnvɛʁˌbaːlə kɔmunikaˈt͡si̯oːn] |
| Letters | 24 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “nonverbale Kommunikation” sits in German frequency
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
- 1Kommunikation, 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
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.
Cite this page
Free to reuse with attribution (CC BY-SA). Copy the citation:
PlainSpell, “nonverbale Kommunikation, German word data” (May 6, 2026). Derived from Wiktionary (kaikki.org, CC BY-SA) and an open word-frequency list. https://plainspell.com/de/wort/nonverbale-kommunikation
Frequently Asked Questions
How do you spell "nonverbale Kommunikation"?
What does "nonverbale Kommunikation" mean?
How do you pronounce "nonverbale Kommunikation"?
What language does "nonverbale Kommunikation" come from?
Is PlainSpell free to use?
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.
- Browse more German words and confusable pairs in the same reference. German words
Nearby German words
Other entries that begin with the letter N in our German index: