Aktant
[akˈtant]
The verdict
“Aktant” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 6
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - von der Valenz einer Wortart, insbesondere eines Verbs abhängiges, für die Bildung eines grammatikalischen Satzes obligatorisches oder fakultatives Satzglied
Corpus desk
Index DE-aktant · Aktant · German
Aktant · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 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 | Aktant |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [akˈtant] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Aktant“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Aktant is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [akˈtant]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "von der Valenz einer Wortart, insbesondere eines Verbs abhängiges, für die Bildung eines grammatikalischen Satzes obligatorisches oder fakultatives Satzglied".
Aktant has no tracked misspelling variants, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. Our dataset records no confusable match here, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is Aktant, spelled A-K-T-A-N-T.
Definition
- 1von der Valenz einer Wortart, insbesondere eines Verbs abhängiges, für die Bildung eines grammatikalischen Satzes obligatorisches oder fakultatives Satzglied
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Aktant appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Das trivalente (dreiwertige) Verb „verkaufen“ erfordert folgende Aktanten: das Subjekt „Verkäufer“, das Akkusativobjekt „Verkaufsgegenstand“ und das Dativobjekt „Käufer“.
Im Satz „Paul döst.“ ist Paul der erste und einzig erforderliche Aktant.
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.