nuts

[nʌts]

/[nʌts]/ adj

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The verdict

“nuts” is uncommon German (frequency #70,632 among 1,954 “N” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#70,632
frequency rank, German
1,954
“N” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - verrückt

Corpus desk

Index DE-nuts · nuts · German

nuts · rank #70,632 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #70,632
  • LEN-MID 4 letters
  • VOW-1 1 vowel
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,954
  • PHOTO-FINISH Nussdorf

Nearest frequency peer: Nussdorf (-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 „nuts“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for nuts
PropertyValue
Headwordnuts
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdjective
IPA[nʌts]
Letters4
Frequency rank#70,632
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „nuts“ im Deutschen

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).nutsfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Nussdorf“ (#70,631), „näherbringen“ (#70,634), „Notizbücher“ (#70,629). Unter 1,954 „N“-Lemmata liegt „nuts“ bei #70,632. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

nuts is uncommon German at frequency #70,632 among 1,954 “N” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [nʌts]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "verrückt".

Zero misspellings are on record for nuts in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, 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 nuts, spelled N-U-T-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    verrückt

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. He goes nuts.
  2. It drives him nuts.

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 "nuts"?
"nuts" is spelled N-U-T-S. The IPA pronunciation is [nʌts].
What does "nuts" mean?
As an adjective, "nuts" means: verrückt
How do you pronounce "nuts"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "nuts" is [nʌts]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "nuts" come from?
"nuts" is a German word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

mela#70,563malm#70,540Maia#70,536Lyle#70,528

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list