Nordmann
[ˈnɔʁtˌman]
The verdict
“Nordmann” is uncommon German (frequency #71,664 among 1,954 “N” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #71,664
- frequency rank, German
- 1,954
- “N” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - andere Bezeichnung für Wikinger
Corpus desk
Index DE-nordmann · Nordmann · German
Nordmann · rank #71,664 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #71,664
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,954
- PHOTO-FINISH Notrufnummer
Nearest frequency peer: Notrufnummer (+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 „Nordmann“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Nierenfunkt…
Nierenfunktion
28,340 corpus weight
- Nippeln
Nippeln
28,339 corpus weight
- Nordmann
Nordmann
28,337 corpus weight
- Notrufnummer
Notrufnummer
28,336 corpus weight
- Notunterkun…
Notunterkunft
28,335 corpus weight
- nouvelles
nouvelles
28,334 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Nordmann“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Nordmann |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈnɔʁtˌman] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #71,664 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Nordmann“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Nordmann is uncommon German at frequency #71,664 among 1,954 “N” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈnɔʁtˌman]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "andere Bezeichnung für Wikinger".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for Nordmann, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Nordmann, spelled N-O-R-D-M-A-N-N.
Definition
- 1andere Bezeichnung für Wikinger
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Nordmann appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Gut 80 Jahre nach der ersten Attacke von 793 müssen die Mönche erneut vor herannahenden Nordmännern fliehen.“
„Die Nordmänner erkunden mit ihnen die Ströme des heutigen Russland und der Ukraine, befahren das Schwarze Meer und laden in Konstantinopel Schätze an Bord.“
Synonyms
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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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