Afrobeat
[ˈaːfʁoˌbiːt]
The verdict
“Afrobeat” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. 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) - Musikrichtung, die westafrikanische Musik mit amerikanischem Funk und Jazz kombiniert
Corpus desk
Index DE-afrobeat · Afrobeat · German
Afrobeat · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "A" 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 | Afrobeat |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈaːfʁoˌbiːt] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Afrobeat“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Afrobeat is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈaːfʁoˌbiːt]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Musikrichtung, die westafrikanische Musik mit amerikanischem Funk und Jazz kombiniert".
No misspelling variants are generated for Afrobeat in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is Afrobeat, spelled A-F-R-O-B-E-A-T.
Definition
- 1Musikrichtung, die westafrikanische Musik mit amerikanischem Funk und Jazz kombiniert
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Afrobeat appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Der nigerianische Musiker, Mitbegründer des Afrobeat, sei am Donnerstag mit 79 Jahren in Paris gestorben, sagte sein Manager Eric Trosset der Nachrichtenagentur AFP.“
„Sei es der staubtrockene Funk von ‚Separator‘ oder der hypnotische Afrobeat in ‚Morning Mr Magpie‘ - Phil Selway hebt seinen motorischen Krautrock-Stil auf eine neue Stufe.“
This word in other languages
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.