Antiquar
[antiˈkvaːɐ̯]
The verdict
“Antiquar” is an uncommon German word, ranked #95,253 in German word frequency and used as a noun.
- #95,253
- frequency rank, German
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Person, die mit alten Büchern und eventuell auch anderen alten Druckwerken handelt
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Antiquar |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [antiˈkvaːɐ̯] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #95,253 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Antiquar” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for Antiquar is 8 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [antiˈkvaːɐ̯]. Corpus data places it at rank #95,253 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Person, die mit alten Büchern und eventuell auch anderen alten Druckwerken handelt".
No misspelling variants are generated for Antiquar in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct German form is Antiquar, spelled A-N-T-I-Q-U-A-R.
Definition
- 1Person, die mit alten Büchern und eventuell auch anderen alten Druckwerken handelt
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 “Antiquar”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is A-N-T-I-Q-U-A-R - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [antiˈkvaːɐ̯] (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.