antirevolutionär
[ˈantiʁevolut͡si̯oˌnɛːɐ̯]
The verdict
“antirevolutionär” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 16
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - gegen eine Revolution gerichtet, eine Revolution ablehnend
Corpus desk
Index DE-antirevolutionar · antirevolutionär · German
antirevolutionär · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 16 letters
- VOW-8 8 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 | antirevolutionär |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [ˈantiʁevolut͡si̯oˌnɛːɐ̯] |
| Letters | 16 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “antirevolutionär” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
antirevolutionär is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ˈantiʁevolut͡si̯oˌnɛːɐ̯]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "gegen eine Revolution gerichtet, eine Revolution ablehnend".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for antirevolutionär, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is antirevolutionär, spelled A-N-T-I-R-E-V-O-L-U-T-I-O-N-Ä-R.
Definition
- 1gegen eine Revolution gerichtet, eine Revolution ablehnend
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how antirevolutionär appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Ein Kommissar wurde niemals verspottet, selbst unter seinesgleichen nicht, denn man wusste nie, ob nicht einer der Kollegen derart antirevolutionäre Gedanken melden würde.“
„Dass Kruger ihn für diese Mission ausgewählt hatte, lag an den vermeintlich guten Beziehungen du Toits zu dem antirevolutionären Parteiführer Kuyper, der zugleich Gründer der Freien Universität Amsterdam war.“
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