nahmt übel

/\ˌnaːmt ˈyːbl̩\/ verb

The verdict

“nahmt übel” is outside the top-ranked French vocabulary, used as a verb - the kind of word writers most often double-check.

Unranked
below top-frequency French
10
letters

Dominant Wiktionary sense: Deuxième personne du pluriel du prétérit de l’indicatif dans une proposition principale de übel nehmen.

Key facts for nahmt übel
PropertyValue
Headwordnahmt übel
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\ˌnaːmt ˈyːbl̩\
Letters10
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “nahmt übel” sits in French frequency

nahmt übel falls outside the top-100,000 ranked French words, the long-tail zone of technical, archaic, or low-frequency vocabulary, exactly where readers second-guess spellings most.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for nahmt übel is 10 letters long, classified as a verb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \ˌnaːmt ˈyːbl̩\. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

No misspelling variants are generated for nahmt übel in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French 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 French form is nahmt übel, spelled N-A-H-M-T- -Ü-B-E-L, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Deuxième personne du pluriel du prétérit de l’indicatif dans une proposition principale de übel nehmen.
  2. 2
    Deuxième personne du pluriel du prétérit de l’indicatif dans une proposition principale de übelnehmen.

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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Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "nahmt übel"?
"nahmt übel" is spelled N-A-H-M-T- -Ü-B-E-L. The IPA pronunciation is \ˌnaːmt ˈyːbl̩\.
What does "nahmt übel" mean?
As a verb, "nahmt übel" means: Deuxième personne du pluriel du prétérit de l’indicatif dans une proposition principale de übel nehmen.
How do you pronounce "nahmt übel"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "nahmt übel" is \ˌnaːmt ˈyːbl̩\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
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Using “nahmt übel”

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

  • The one correct French spelling is N-A-H-M-T- -Ü-B-E-L - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as \ˌnaːmt ˈyːbl̩\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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

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