realitätsnah

[ʁealiˈtɛːt͡sˌnaː]

/[ʁealiˈtɛːt͡sˌnaː]/ adj

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The verdict

“realitätsnah” is uncommon German (frequency #72,858 among 42,116 “R” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#72,858
frequency rank, German
42,116
“R” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - die Wirklichkeit, die wahren Gegebenheiten berücksichtigend, wahrnehmend

Key facts for realitätsnah
PropertyValue
Headwordrealitätsnah
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdjective
IPA[ʁealiˈtɛːt͡sˌnaː]
Letters12
Frequency rank#72,858
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “realitätsnah” sits in German frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). realitätsnah lands here:

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

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

realitätsnah is uncommon German at frequency #72,858 among 42,116 “R” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ʁealiˈtɛːt͡sˌnaː]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "die Wirklichkeit, die wahren Gegebenheiten berücksichtigend, wahrnehmend".

No misspelling variants are generated for realitätsnah in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is realitätsnah, spelled R-E-A-L-I-T-Ä-T-S-N-A-H.

Definition

  1. 1
    die Wirklichkeit, die wahren Gegebenheiten berücksichtigend, wahrnehmend

Antonyms

realitätsfernrealitätsfremdunerfüllbarunrealistischutopischvisionär

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 "realitätsnah"?
"realitätsnah" is spelled R-E-A-L-I-T-Ä-T-S-N-A-H. The IPA pronunciation is [ʁealiˈtɛːt͡sˌnaː].
What does "realitätsnah" mean?
As an adjective, "realitätsnah" means: die Wirklichkeit, die wahren Gegebenheiten berücksichtigend, wahrnehmend
How do you pronounce "realitätsnah"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "realitätsnah" is [ʁealiˈtɛːt͡sˌnaː]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "realitätsnah" come from?
"realitätsnah" 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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Using “realitätsnah”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct German spelling is R-E-A-L-I-T-Ä-T-S-N-A-H - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as [ʁealiˈtɛːt͡sˌnaː] (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

Other uncommon German words near this rank

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.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list