nunc

[nũk]

/[nũk]/ adv

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The verdict

“nunc” is uncommon German (frequency #80,752 among 1,954 “N” headwords), classed as an adverb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#80,752
frequency rank, German
1,954
“N” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - zu diesem Zeitpunkt, zum jetzigen Zeitpunkt, in dem Moment; nun, jetzt

Corpus desk

Index DE-nunc · nunc · German

nunc · rank #80,752 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #80,752
  • LEN-MID 4 letters
  • VOW-1 1 vowel
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,954
  • PHOTO-FINISH notz

Nearest frequency peer: notz (-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 „nunc“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „nunc“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for nunc
PropertyValue
Headwordnunc
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdverb
IPA[nũk]
Letters4
Frequency rank#80,752
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „nunc“ im Deutschen

Die Häufigkeit läuft von den wenigen Alltagswörtern (links) bis zur langen, seltenen Schwanzseite (rechts).nuncfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „notz“ (#80,751), „notte“ (#80,750), „notorischer“ (#80,749). Unter 1,954 „N“-Lemmata liegt „nunc“ bei #80,752. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

nunc is uncommon German at frequency #80,752 among 1,954 “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

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how nunc appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Magister Iulium nunc laudat.
  2. …nunc, et in hora mortis nostrae.

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?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "nunc", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

notz#80,751nani#80,720Nama#80,718mixt#80,689

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list