nüchterner
[ˈnʏçtɐnɐ]
The verdict
“nüchterner” is uncommon German (frequency #53,951 among 1,954 “N” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #53,951
- frequency rank, German
- 1,954
- “N” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Nominativ Singular Maskulinum der starken Flexion des Positivs des Adjektivs nüchtern
Corpus desk
Index DE-nuchterner · nüchterner · German
nüchterner · rank #53,951 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #53,951
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,954
- PHOTO-FINISH num
Nearest frequency peer: num (-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 „nüchterner“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Notenbanken
Notenbanken
46,054 corpus weight
- Notfallplan
Notfallplan
46,053 corpus weight
- num
num
46,051 corpus weight
- nüchterner
nüchterner
46,050 corpus weight
- Oberweite
Oberweite
46,049 corpus weight
- ominöse
ominöse
46,048 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „nüchterner“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | nüchterner |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [ˈnʏçtɐnɐ] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #53,951 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „nüchterner“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
nüchterner is uncommon German at frequency #53,951 among 1,954 “N” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ˈnʏçtɐnɐ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 5 senses are on record.
nüchterner doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is nüchterner, spelled N-Ü-C-H-T-E-R-N-E-R.
Definition
- 1Nominativ Singular Maskulinum der starken Flexion des Positivs des Adjektivs nüchtern
- 2Genitiv Singular Femininum der starken Flexion des Positivs des Adjektivs nüchtern
- 3Dativ Singular Femininum der starken Flexion des Positivs des Adjektivs nüchtern
- 4Genitiv Plural alle Genera der starken Flexion des Positivs des Adjektivs nüchtern
- 5Nominativ Singular Maskulinum der gemischten Flexion des Positivs des Adjektivs nüchtern
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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