nugget
[ˈnʌɡɪt]
The verdict
“nugget” is uncommon German (frequency #78,352 among 1,954 “N” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #78,352
- frequency rank, German
- 1,954
- “N” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - ein solider Klumpen, meist als natürliches Vorkommen eines wertvollen Metalls (zum Beispiel Gold)
Corpus desk
Index DE-nugget · nugget · German
nugget · rank #78,352 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #78,352
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,954
- PHOTO-FINISH NSG
Nearest frequency peer: NSG (-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 „nugget“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- 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
- Oberkirch
Oberkirch
21,645 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „nugget“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | nugget |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈnʌɡɪt] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #78,352 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „nugget“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
nugget is uncommon German at frequency #78,352 among 1,954 “N” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈnʌɡɪt]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "ein solider Klumpen, meist als natürliches Vorkommen eines wertvollen Metalls (zum Beispiel Gold)".
nugget has no tracked misspelling variants, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct German form is nugget, spelled N-U-G-G-E-T.
Definition
- 1ein solider Klumpen, meist als natürliches Vorkommen eines wertvollen Metalls (zum Beispiel Gold)
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how nugget appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
"Mr. Hestwood showed many small nuggets from the new Bonanza Creek district, where his mine is situated."
This word in other languages
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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