Defätist
[defɛˈtɪst]
The verdict
“Defätist” 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) - Person mit pessimistischer, mutloser Haltung
Corpus desk
Index DE-defatist · Defätist · German
Defätist · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "D" 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 | Defätist |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [defɛˈtɪst] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Defätist“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Defätist is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [defɛˈtɪst]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Person mit pessimistischer, mutloser Haltung".
No misspelling variants are generated for Defätist in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, 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 best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is Defätist, spelled D-E-F-Ä-T-I-S-T.
Definition
- 1Person mit pessimistischer, mutloser Haltung
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Defätist appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Er war schon immer ein richtiger Defätist.
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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.