nowhere
[ˈnəʊweə]
The verdict
“nowhere” is uncommon German (frequency #78,350 among 1,954 “N” headwords), classed as an adverb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #78,350
- frequency rank, German
- 1,954
- “N” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - nirgendwo, nirgends
Corpus desk
Index DE-nowhere · nowhere · German
nowhere · rank #78,350 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #78,350
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,954
- PHOTO-FINISH notgeile
Nearest frequency peer: notgeile (-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 „nowhere“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Nordderby
Nordderby
21,654 corpus weight
- normativ
normativ
21,653 corpus weight
- notgeile
notgeile
21,652 corpus weight
- nowhere
nowhere
21,651 corpus weight
- NSG
NSG
21,650 corpus weight
- nugget
nugget
21,649 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „nowhere“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | nowhere |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adverb |
| IPA | [ˈnəʊweə] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #78,350 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „nowhere“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
nowhere is uncommon German at frequency #78,350 among 1,954 “N” headwords, classed as anadverb, transcribed [ˈnəʊweə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No generated misspelling entries exist for nowhere in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is nowhere, spelled N-O-W-H-E-R-E.
Definition
- 1nirgendwo, nirgends
- 2nirgendwohin, nirgendhin
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how nowhere appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
"Nowhere was the smoking more constant than at Will's. That celebrated house, situated between Covent Garden and Bow street, was sacred to polite letters."
"Monseigneur, I believe you will find nowhere so much zeal and intelligence, so much real bravery, as in Raoul; but if he failed to arrange your embarkation, you would only meet the fate that you deserve."
Antonyms
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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