Nostalgie

/[nɔstalˈɡiː]/ noun

Letters

9 characters

Frequency Rank

#18,645

in German word usage

Misspellings

13

tracked variants

Confusables

0

similar word pairs

Nostalgie is aGermannoun. It means: sehnsuchtsvoll andächtige Rückwendung zur Vergangenheit Pronounced [nɔstalˈɡiː].

Key facts for Nostalgie
PropertyValue
HeadwordNostalgie
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[nɔstalˈɡiː]
Letters9
Frequency rank#18,645
Misspellings tracked13
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of Nostalgie in German word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for Nostalgie is 9 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [nɔstalˈɡiː]. Corpus data places it at rank #18,645 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 13 documented wrong-spelling variants for Nostalgie, with forms such as "nnostalgie", "nosatlgie", and "nosstalgie". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.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 Nostalgie, spelled N-O-S-T-A-L-G-I-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    sehnsuchtsvoll andächtige Rückwendung zur Vergangenheit
  2. 2
    Heimweh

Synonyms

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: nnostalgie,nosatlgie,nosstalgie,nostaglie,nostalgei,nostalggie,nostalige,nostallgie,nostlagie,nosttalgie,notsalgie,nsotalgie,onstalgie

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for Nostalgie

Misspelling Variants of "Nostalgie"

nnostalgie10nosatlgie9nosstalgie10nostaglie9nostalgei9nostalggie10nostalige9nostallgie10
Misspelling Variants of "Nostalgie"

Frequency rank: #18,645 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Nostalgie"?
"Nostalgie" is spelled N-O-S-T-A-L-G-I-E. The IPA pronunciation is [nɔstalˈɡiː].
What does "Nostalgie" mean?
As a noun, "Nostalgie" means: sehnsuchtsvoll andächtige Rückwendung zur Vergangenheit
What are common misspellings of "Nostalgie"?
Common misspellings include "nnostalgie", "nosatlgie", "nosstalgie", "nostaglie", "nostalgei". The correct spelling is "Nostalgie".
How do you pronounce "Nostalgie"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Nostalgie" is [nɔstalˈɡiː]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Nostalgie" come from?
"Nostalgie" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.