Apologet
[apoloˈɡeːt]
The verdict
“Apologet” 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) - eine Person, die eine Überzeugung oder Lehre nachdrücklich verteidigt
Corpus desk
Index DE-apologet · Apologet · German
Apologet · 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 | Apologet |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [apoloˈɡeːt] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Apologet“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Apologet is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [apoloˈɡeːt]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Apologet has no tracked misspelling variants, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. 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 documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is Apologet, spelled A-P-O-L-O-G-E-T.
Definition
- 1eine Person, die eine Überzeugung oder Lehre nachdrücklich verteidigt
- 2Bezeichnung für griechisch schreibende Theologen des 2. Jahrhunderts nach Christus, von denen überwiegend Verteidigungsschriften für das Christentum überliefert wurden
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Apologet appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Kaum ein ernst zu nehmender Historiker wagt es heute noch, als Apologet der deutschen Politik vor dem August 1914 aufzutreten.“
„Für den unbestreitbaren massiven Bevölkerungsschwund machen die Apologeten König Leopolds, damals wie heute, die Schlafkrankheit verantwortlich.“
This word in other languages
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.