Agnostiker

[aˈɡnɔstɪkɐ]

/[aˈɡnɔstɪkɐ]/ noun

The verdict

“Agnostiker” is uncommon German (frequency #92,549 among 6,976 “A” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#92,549
frequency rank, German
6,976
“A” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Person, die der Meinung ist, dass man die Frage nach der Existenz oder Nichtexistenz eines Schöpfers nicht beantworten kann

Corpus desk

Index DE-agnostiker · Agnostiker · German

Agnostiker · rank #92,549 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #92,549
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,976
  • PHOTO-FINISH ahm

Nearest frequency peer: ahm (+1 rank slots)

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.

Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „Agnostiker“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Agnostiker“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Agnostiker
PropertyValue
HeadwordAgnostiker
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[aˈɡnɔstɪkɐ]
Letters10
Frequency rank#92,549
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Agnostiker“ im Deutschen

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.Agnostikerfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „ahm“ (#92,550), „ADF“ (#92,546), „aide“ (#92,552). Unter 6,976 „A“-Lemmata liegt „Agnostiker“ bei #92,549. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Agnostiker is uncommon German at frequency #92,549 among 6,976 “A” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [aˈɡnɔstɪkɐ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Person, die der Meinung ist, dass man die Frage nach der Existenz oder Nichtexistenz eines Schöpfers nicht beantworten kann".

Agnostiker doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is Agnostiker, spelled A-G-N-O-S-T-I-K-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Person, die der Meinung ist, dass man die Frage nach der Existenz oder Nichtexistenz eines Schöpfers nicht beantworten kann

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how Agnostiker appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Ein Agnostiker würde auf die Frage „Gibt es einen Gott?“ nicht mit „ja“ oder „nein“ antworten, sondern „das weiß keiner" entgegnen.
  2. „Der Anteil der Agnostiker liegt [in der Schweizer Umfrage] bei 17, jener der Atheisten bei 12 Prozent.“

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); 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 "Agnostiker"?
"Agnostiker" is spelled A-G-N-O-S-T-I-K-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is [aˈɡnɔstɪkɐ].
What does "Agnostiker" mean?
As a noun, "Agnostiker" means: Person, die der Meinung ist, dass man die Frage nach der Existenz oder Nichtexistenz eines Schöpfers nicht beantworten kann
How do you pronounce "Agnostiker"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Agnostiker" is [aˈɡnɔstɪkɐ]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Agnostiker" come from?
"Agnostiker" 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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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Agnostiker", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list