nuit
[nɥi]
The verdict
“nuit” is uncommon German (frequency #56,392 among 1,954 “N” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #56,392
- frequency rank, German
- 1,954
- “N” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Zeitspanne zwischen Sonnenuntergang und Sonnenaufgang eines Tages (ohne Tageslicht): Nacht
Corpus desk
Index DE-nuit · nuit · German
nuit · rank #56,392 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #56,392
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,954
- PHOTO-FINISH nummeriert
Nearest frequency peer: nummeriert (+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 „nuit“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- noe
noe
43,613 corpus weight
- nostalgische
nostalgische
43,612 corpus weight
- Notare
Notare
43,611 corpus weight
- nuit
nuit
43,609 corpus weight
- nummeriert
nummeriert
43,608 corpus weight
- Nummernschi…
Nummernschilder
43,607 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „nuit“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | nuit |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [nɥi] |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #56,392 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „nuit“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
nuit is uncommon German at frequency #56,392 among 1,954 “N” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [nɥi]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Zeitspanne zwischen Sonnenuntergang und Sonnenaufgang eines Tages (ohne Tageslicht): Nacht".
nuit has no tracked misspelling variants, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. Our dataset records no confusable match here, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is nuit, spelled N-U-I-T.
Definition
- 1Zeitspanne zwischen Sonnenuntergang und Sonnenaufgang eines Tages (ohne Tageslicht): Nacht
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how nuit appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Il fait nuit.
La nuit tombe.
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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