oberflächennah
German, adjective[ˈoːbɐflɛçn̩ˌnaː]
oberflächennah is spelled O-B-E-R-F-L-Ä-C-H-E-N-N-A-H (14 letters) and appears about once in every 32 million words in written German, the 334,656th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Oberflächennah is a German adjective meaning “near-surface” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “sich in der Nähe der Oberfläche von etwas befindend”.
What does oberflächennah mean in English?
adjective
- 1
near-surface
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. sich in der Nähe der Oberfläche von etwas befindend
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of oberflächennah
- oberflächennaher masculine nominative singular
- oberflächennahe feminine nominative singular
- oberflächennahes neuter nominative singular
- oberflächennahen genitive masculine singular
- oberflächennahem dative masculine singular
- der oberflächennahe definite includes-article masculine
- die oberflächennahe definite feminine includes-article
- das oberflächennahe definite includes-article neuter
- die oberflächennahen definite includes-article nominative
- des oberflächennahen definite genitive includes-article
- der oberflächennahen definite feminine genitive
- dem oberflächennahen dative definite includes-article
- den oberflächennahen dative definite includes-article
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce oberflächennah?
- [ˈoːbɐflɛçn̩ˌnaː]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is oberflächennah in German?
oberflächennah appears about once in every 32 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).