nowhere

[ˈnəʊweə]

/[ˈnəʊweə]/ adv

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for nowhere
PropertyValue
Headwordnowhere
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdverb
IPA[ˈnəʊweə]
Letters7
Frequency rank#78,350
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „nowhere“ im Deutschen

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).nowherefällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „notgeile“ (#78,349), „NSG“ (#78,351), „normativ“ (#78,348). Unter 1,954 „N“-Lemmata liegt „nowhere“ bei #78,350. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

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

  1. 1
    nirgendwo, nirgends
  2. 2
    nirgendwohin, nirgendhin

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. "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."
  2. "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

anywheresomewhereeverywhere

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 "nowhere"?
"nowhere" is spelled N-O-W-H-E-R-E. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈnəʊweə].
What does "nowhere" mean?
As an adverb, "nowhere" means: nirgendwo, nirgends
How do you pronounce "nowhere"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "nowhere" is [ˈnəʊweə]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "nowhere" come from?
"nowhere" is a German word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "nowhere", 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