Antiheld
[ˈantihɛlt]
The verdict
“Antiheld” 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) - Protagonist, der durch Fehler und negative Eigenschaften auffällt
Corpus desk
Index DE-antiheld · Antiheld · German
Antiheld · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 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 | Antiheld |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈantihɛlt] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Antiheld“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Antiheld is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈantihɛlt]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Protagonist, der durch Fehler und negative Eigenschaften auffällt".
No generated misspelling entries exist for Antiheld in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
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 Antiheld, spelled A-N-T-I-H-E-L-D.
Definition
- 1Protagonist, der durch Fehler und negative Eigenschaften auffällt
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Antiheld appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Die Protagonisten sind in diesen Werken letztlich Antihelden und sterben einen geistigen und (bzw. oder) physischen Tod, weil sie sich von unbewußten, archaischen Inhalten fremdbestimmen lassen.“
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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.