Old Nick
[əʊld nɪk]
The verdict
“Old Nick” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a phrase. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Spitzname des Teufels als die höchste Personifizierung des Übels
Corpus desk
Index DE-old-nick · Old Nick · German
Old Nick · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "O" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Old Nick |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Phrase |
| IPA | [əʊld nɪk] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Old Nick“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Old Nick is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as aphrase, transcribed [əʊld nɪk]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Spitzname des Teufels als die höchste Personifizierung des Übels".
Old Nick doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, 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 Old Nick, spelled O-L-D- -N-I-C-K.
Definition
- 1Spitzname des Teufels als die höchste Personifizierung des Übels
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Old Nick appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„he gave me a look that would scare Old Nick“
Synonyms
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.