Amateurin
[amaˈtøːʁɪn]
The verdict
“Amateurin” is uncommon German (frequency #93,928 among 6,976 “A” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #93,928
- frequency rank, German
- 6,976
- “A” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - weibliche Person, die etwas rein aus Liebhaberei betreibt und nicht berufsmäßig ausübt
Corpus desk
Index DE-amateurin · Amateurin · German
Amateurin · rank #93,928 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #93,928
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,976
- PHOTO-FINISH Amputationen
Nearest frequency peer: Amputationen (+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 „Amateurin“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Allgemeingü…
Allgemeingültigkeit
6,079 corpus weight
- altbewährten
altbewährten
6,076 corpus weight
- altdeutsche
altdeutsche
6,075 corpus weight
- Amateurin
Amateurin
6,073 corpus weight
- Amputationen
Amputationen
6,072 corpus weight
- amüsiere
amüsiere
6,070 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Amateurin“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Amateurin |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [amaˈtøːʁɪn] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #93,928 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Amateurin“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Amateurin is uncommon German at frequency #93,928 among 6,976 “A” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [amaˈtøːʁɪn]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for Amateurin, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is Amateurin, spelled A-M-A-T-E-U-R-I-N.
Definition
- 1weibliche Person, die etwas rein aus Liebhaberei betreibt und nicht berufsmäßig ausübt
- 2weibliche Person, die einen Sport ausübt, ohne dafür bezahlt zu werden
- 3weibliche Person, die etwas laienhaft und damit unzulänglich tut
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Amateurin appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Gar nicht so schlecht für eine Amateurin!
Als Amateurin verdient sie natürlich so gut wie nichts. Es gibt nur eine Aufwandsentschädigung.
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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