animator
[aɲiˈmatɔr]
The verdict
“animator” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Animator, Trickfilmzeichner
Corpus desk
Index DE-animator · animator · German
animator · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 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 | animator |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [aɲiˈmatɔr] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „animator“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
animator is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [aɲiˈmatɔr]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for animator in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, 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 animator, spelled A-N-I-M-A-T-O-R.
Definition
- 1Animator, Trickfilmzeichner
- 2Animator, Puppenspieler
- 3Person, die etwas/jemanden belebt, beseelt: Beleber, Beseeler
Synonyms
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.