nunc

[nũk]

/[nũk]/ adv

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The verdict

“nunc” is uncommon German (frequency #80,752 among 26,919 “N” headwords), classed as an adverb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#80,752
frequency rank, German
26,919
“N” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - zu diesem Zeitpunkt, zum jetzigen Zeitpunkt, in dem Moment; nun, jetzt

Key facts for nunc
PropertyValue
Headwordnunc
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdverb
IPA[nũk]
Letters4
Frequency rank#80,752
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “nunc” sits in German frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). nunc lands here:

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

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

nunc is uncommon German at frequency #80,752 among 26,919 “N” headwords, classed as anadverb, transcribed [nũk]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "zu diesem Zeitpunkt, zum jetzigen Zeitpunkt, in dem Moment; nun, jetzt".

Zero misspellings are on record for nunc in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is nunc, spelled N-U-N-C.

Definition

  1. 1
    zu diesem Zeitpunkt, zum jetzigen Zeitpunkt, in dem Moment; nun, jetzt

Antonyms

tumtunc

This word in other languages

now(English)maintenant(Français)

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 "nunc"?
"nunc" is spelled N-U-N-C. The IPA pronunciation is [nũk].
What does "nunc" mean?
As an adverb, "nunc" means: zu diesem Zeitpunkt, zum jetzigen Zeitpunkt, in dem Moment; nun, jetzt
How do you pronounce "nunc"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "nunc" is [nũk]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "nunc" come from?
"nunc" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Using “nunc”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct German spelling is N-U-N-C - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as [nũk] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
  • Browse more German words and confusable pairs in the same reference. German words

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Data Source

Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list