Antiquar
[antiˈkvaːɐ̯]
The verdict
“Antiquar” is uncommon German (frequency #95,253 among 6,976 “A” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #95,253
- frequency rank, German
- 6,976
- “A” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Person, die mit alten Büchern und eventuell auch anderen alten Druckwerken handelt
Corpus desk
Index DE-antiquar · Antiquar · German
Antiquar · rank #95,253 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #95,253
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,976
- PHOTO-FINISH Anstands
Nearest frequency peer: Anstands (-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 „Antiquar“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- anspornen
anspornen
4,751 corpus weight
- anspruchsvo…
anspruchsvolleren
4,750 corpus weight
- Anstands
Anstands
4,749 corpus weight
- Antiquar
Antiquar
4,748 corpus weight
- Antwerpener
Antwerpener
4,746 corpus weight
- anwuchs
anwuchs
4,745 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Antiquar“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| 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) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Antiquar“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Antiquar is uncommon German at frequency #95,253 among 6,976 “A” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [antiˈkvaːɐ̯]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "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
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Antiquar appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Vor ein paar Jahren rief mich ein Antiquar aus London an und fragte, ob ich ihn wohl hinsichtlich eines Pergaments beraten könne, das ihm angeboten worden sei.“
„Der älteste Antiquar des Viertels, der schon Antiquar gewesen war, bevor die Mauer gebaut wurde, und der nicht aufgehört hatte, Antiquar zu sein, nachdem diese Mauer längst wieder abgetragen worden war, lachte sich ins Fäustchen und begann sein Schaufenster opulent zu dekorieren.“
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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