weißen Nächte
[ˌvaɪ̯sn̩ ˈnɛxtə]
The verdict
“weißen Nächte” is outside the top-ranked German vocabulary, used as a noun - the kind of word writers most often double-check.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 13
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Nominativ Plural der schwachen Deklination des Substantivs weiße Nacht
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | weißen Nächte |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˌvaɪ̯sn̩ ˈnɛxtə] |
| Letters | 13 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “weißen Nächte” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for weißen Nächte is 13 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˌvaɪ̯sn̩ ˈnɛxtə]. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. Wiktionary records 6 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
No misspelling variants are generated for weißen Nächte in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct German form is weißen Nächte, spelled W-E-I-S-S-E-N- -N-Ä-C-H-T-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.
Definition
- 1Nominativ Plural der schwachen Deklination des Substantivs weiße Nacht
- 2Genitiv Plural der schwachen Deklination des Substantivs weiße Nacht
- 3Akkusativ Plural der schwachen Deklination des Substantivs weiße Nacht
- 4Nominativ Plural der gemischten Deklination des Substantivs weiße Nacht
- 5Genitiv Plural der gemischten Deklination des Substantivs weiße Nacht
- 6Akkusativ Plural der gemischten Deklination des Substantivs weiße Nacht
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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The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is W-E-I-S-S-E-N- -N-Ä-C-H-T-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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