Assassine
[asaˈsiːnə]
The verdict
“Assassine” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Angehöriger eines mittelalterlichen muslimischen Geheimbundes
Corpus desk
Index DE-assassine · Assassine · German
Assassine · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 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 | Assassine |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [asaˈsiːnə] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Assassine“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Assassine is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [asaˈsiːnə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Assassine, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is Assassine, spelled A-S-S-A-S-S-I-N-E.
Definition
- 1Angehöriger eines mittelalterlichen muslimischen Geheimbundes
- 2Meuchelmörder, Auftragsmörder
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Assassine appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Die Assassinen setzten als hauptsächliches Kampfmittel den politischen Mord an Herrschern ein.“
Der Regierungspräsident wurde durch einen Assassinen getötet.
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.