NW
German, noun[…]
NW is spelled N-W (2 letters) and appears 3.5 times per million words in written German, the 16,125th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). NW is a German noun meaning “abbreviation of Nordwest; northwest” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does NW mean in English?
noun
- 1
abbreviation of Nordwest; northwest
- 2
alternative form of NRW (“North Rhine-Westphalia”)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
abbreviation: 1. nordwestlich
abbreviation: 1. Abkürzung für Nordwest
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
How do you pronounce NW?
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Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is NW in German?
NW appears 3.5 times per million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).