nörgeln
[ˈnœʁɡl̩n]
The verdict
“nörgeln” is uncommon German (frequency #50,761 among 1,954 “N” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #50,761
- frequency rank, German
- 1,954
- “N” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - penetrant/störend, aber nicht aggressiv seinen Unmut äußern
Corpus desk
Index DE-norgeln · nörgeln · German
nörgeln · rank #50,761 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #50,761
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,954
- PHOTO-FINISH nötigsten
Nearest frequency peer: nötigsten (+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 „nörgeln“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- nouveau
nouveau
49,243 corpus weight
- Nuklearwaff…
Nuklearwaffen
49,242 corpus weight
- nörgeln
nörgeln
49,240 corpus weight
- nötigsten
nötigsten
49,239 corpus weight
- Oberflächli…
Oberflächlichkeit
49,238 corpus weight
- Oberin
Oberin
49,237 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „nörgeln“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | nörgeln |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˈnœʁɡl̩n] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #50,761 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „nörgeln“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
nörgeln is uncommon German at frequency #50,761 among 1,954 “N” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [ˈnœʁɡl̩n]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "penetrant/störend, aber nicht aggressiv seinen Unmut äußern".
nörgeln doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is nörgeln, spelled N-Ö-R-G-E-L-N.
Definition
- 1penetrant/störend, aber nicht aggressiv seinen Unmut äußern
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how nörgeln appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Der Mensch nörgelt, seit er den Mund aufmacht, aber bis auf den heutigen Tag gibt es kein wissenschaftliches Fach, das sich mit Nörgelei befasst.“
„Jemand wich auf Musik aus, worauf ich nörgelte, dass sich niemand, der Ahnung von Soul hätte, eine Platte von Amy Winehouse auch nur ansehen, geschweige denn anhören würde.“
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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