notwendigste

[ˈnoːtvɛndɪçstə]

/[ˈnoːtvɛndɪçstə]/ adj

The verdict

“notwendigste” is uncommon German (frequency #86,866 among 1,954 “N” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#86,866
frequency rank, German
1,954
“N” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Superlativs des Adjektivs notwendig

Corpus desk

Index DE-notwendigste · notwendigste · German

notwendigste · rank #86,866 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #86,866
  • LEN-MEGA 12 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,954
  • PHOTO-FINISH Norwegerin

Nearest frequency peer: Norwegerin (-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 „notwendigste“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for notwendigste
PropertyValue
Headwordnotwendigste
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdjective
IPA[ˈnoːtvɛndɪçstə]
Letters12
Frequency rank#86,866
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „notwendigste“ im Deutschen

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.notwendigstefällt 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: „Norwegerin“ (#86,865), „nunmehrige“ (#86,868), „Noemi“ (#86,863). Unter 1,954 „N“-Lemmata liegt „notwendigste“ bei #86,866. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

notwendigste is uncommon German at frequency #86,866 among 1,954 “N” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ˈnoːtvɛndɪçstə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 9 senses are on record.

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for notwendigste, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is notwendigste, spelled N-O-T-W-E-N-D-I-G-S-T-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Superlativs des Adjektivs notwendig
  2. 2
    Akkusativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Superlativs des Adjektivs notwendig
  3. 3
    Nominativ Plural alle Genera der starken Deklination des Superlativs des Adjektivs notwendig
  4. 4
    Akkusativ Plural alle Genera der starken Deklination des Superlativs des Adjektivs notwendig
  5. 5
    Nominativ Singular alle Genera der schwachen Deklination des Superlativs des Adjektivs notwendig
  6. 6
    Akkusativ Singular Femininum der schwachen Deklination des Superlativs des Adjektivs notwendig
  7. 7
    Akkusativ Singular Neutrum der schwachen Deklination des Superlativs des Adjektivs notwendig
  8. 8
    Nominativ Singular Femininum der gemischten Deklination des Superlativs des Adjektivs notwendig
  9. 9
    Akkusativ Singular Femininum der gemischten Deklination des Superlativs des Adjektivs notwendig

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 "notwendigste"?
"notwendigste" is spelled N-O-T-W-E-N-D-I-G-S-T-E. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈnoːtvɛndɪçstə].
What does "notwendigste" mean?
As an adjective, "notwendigste" means: Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Superlativs des Adjektivs notwendig
How do you pronounce "notwendigste"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "notwendigste" is [ˈnoːtvɛndɪçstə]. 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 "notwendigste", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 12 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list