Agnostiker
[aˈɡnɔstɪkɐ]
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
- ADF
ADF
7,455 corpus weight
- Agnostiker
Agnostiker
7,452 corpus weight
- ahm
ahm
7,451 corpus weight
- aide
aide
7,449 corpus weight
- Akazie
Akazie
7,448 corpus weight
- akkurate
akkurate
7,447 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Agnostiker“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Agnostiker |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [aˈɡnɔstɪkɐ] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #92,549 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Agnostiker“ im Deutschen
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
- 1Person, die der Meinung ist, dass man die Frage nach der Existenz oder Nichtexistenz eines Schöpfers nicht beantworten kann
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Agnostiker appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Ein Agnostiker würde auf die Frage „Gibt es einen Gott?“ nicht mit „ja“ oder „nein“ antworten, sondern „das weiß keiner" entgegnen.
„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.
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