nörgeln

[ˈnœʁɡl̩n]

/[ˈnœʁɡl̩n]/ verb

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

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „nörgeln“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for nörgeln
PropertyValue
Headwordnörgeln
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[ˈnœʁɡl̩n]
Letters7
Frequency rank#50,761
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „nörgeln“ im Deutschen

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.nörgelnfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Achse ist logarithmisch: jeder Tick markiert etwa zehnfach geringere Häufigkeit. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „nötigsten“ (#50,762), „Nuklearwaffen“ (#50,759), „Oberflächlichkeit“ (#50,763). Unter 1,954 „N“-Lemmata liegt „nörgeln“ bei #50,761. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

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

  1. 1
    penetrant/störend, aber nicht aggressiv seinen Unmut äußern

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how nörgeln appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. „Der Mensch nörgelt, seit er den Mund aufmacht, aber bis auf den heutigen Tag gibt es kein wissenschaftliches Fach, das sich mit Nörgelei befasst.“
  2. „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.“

Antonyms

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "nörgeln"?
"nörgeln" is spelled N-Ö-R-G-E-L-N. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈnœʁɡl̩n].
What does "nörgeln" mean?
As a verb, "nörgeln" means: penetrant/störend, aber nicht aggressiv seinen Unmut äußern
How do you pronounce "nörgeln"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "nörgeln" is [ˈnœʁɡl̩n]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "nörgeln", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list