NS
German, noun
NS is spelled N-S (2 letters) and appears 18 times per million words in written German, the 4,267th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). NS is a German noun meaning “abbreviation of Nationalsozialismus; Nazi” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). In lower case, ns is a different word: “plural of n”. With a capital, Ns is a different word: “plural of N”.
What does NS mean in English?
noun
- 1
abbreviation of Nationalsozialismus; Nazi
- 2
abbreviation of Nervensystem (“nervous system (NS)”)
- 3
abbreviation of Nachsatz
- 4
abbreviation of Nachschrift
- 5
abbreviation of Nukleinsäure
- 6
abbreviation of Nebensatz (contrast Hauptsatz, HS)
- 7
abbreviation of Nullstelle
interfix
- 1
used to link elements in some compounds
noun
- 1
plural of n
noun
- 1
plural of N
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
abbreviation: 1. Nachsatz, Nachschrift 2. Nervensystem 3. Nationalsozialismus 4. nationalsozialistisch
affix: 1. Allomorph/Deklinationsendung des Genitivs Singular von Substantiven
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of NS
- NS. alternative
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to NS
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is NS in German?
NS appears 18 times per million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).