Amateurfunker
[amaˈtøːɐ̯ˌfʊŋkɐ]
The verdict
“Amateurfunker” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 13
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - (männliche^☆) Person, die mit behördlicher Genehmigung eine Funkstation als Hobby betreibt
Corpus desk
Index DE-amateurfunker · Amateurfunker · German
Amateurfunker · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 13 letters
- VOW-6 6 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 | Amateurfunker |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [amaˈtøːɐ̯ˌfʊŋkɐ] |
| Letters | 13 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Amateurfunker“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Amateurfunker is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [amaˈtøːɐ̯ˌfʊŋkɐ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "(männliche^☆) Person, die mit behördlicher Genehmigung eine Funkstation als Hobby betreibt".
Amateurfunker doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Amateurfunker, spelled A-M-A-T-E-U-R-F-U-N-K-E-R.
Definition
- 1(männliche^☆) Person, die mit behördlicher Genehmigung eine Funkstation als Hobby betreibt
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Amateurfunker appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Die Amateurfunker verweisen darauf, dass sie wichtige Aufgaben erfüllen, etwa im Bereich des Katastrophenschutzes.“
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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.