Amateurs
[amaˈtøːɐ̯s]
The verdict
“Amateurs” is uncommon German (frequency #86,156 among 113,935 “A” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #86,156
- frequency rank, German
- 113,935
- “A” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Genitiv Singular des Substantivs Amateur
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Amateurs |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [amaˈtøːɐ̯s] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #86,156 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Amateurs” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Amateurs is uncommon German at frequency #86,156 among 113,935 “A” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [amaˈtøːɐ̯s]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Genitiv Singular des Substantivs Amateur".
Zero misspellings are on record for Amateurs in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. Our dataset records no confusable match here, 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 to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Amateurs, spelled A-M-A-T-E-U-R-S.
Definition
- 1Genitiv Singular des Substantivs Amateur
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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Using “Amateurs”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is A-M-A-T-E-U-R-S - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [amaˈtøːɐ̯s] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.