Old Nick
[əʊld nɪk]
The verdict
“Old Nick” is outside the top-ranked German vocabulary, used as a phrase - the kind of word writers most often double-check.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Spitzname des Teufels als die höchste Personifizierung des Übels
| 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) |
Where “Old Nick” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for Old Nick is 8 letters long, classified as a phrase, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [əʊld nɪk]. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "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
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.
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Using “Old Nick”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is O-L-D- -N-I-C-K - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [əʊld nɪk] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more German words and confusable pairs in the same reference. German words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.