Dilettant
German, noun/dilɛˈtant/
Dilettant is spelled D-I-L-E-T-T-A-N-T (9 letters) and appears about once in every 5 million words in written German, the 107,140th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Dilettant is a German masculine noun meaning “amateur, dabbler” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “jemand, der eine Tätigkeit ausübt, ohne dafür professionell ausgebildet worden zu sein”.
What does Dilettant mean in English?
noun
- 1
datedmasculineamateur, dabbler
- 2
derogatorymasculinebungler, botcher
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. jemand, der eine Tätigkeit ausübt, ohne dafür professionell ausgebildet worden zu sein 2. jemand, der eine Tätigkeit ausübt, ohne sie zu beherrschen
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of Dilettant
- Dilettanten genitive
- Dilettantin feminine
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Dilettant?
- /dilɛˈtant/
- [di.lɛˈtant]
- [dɪ-]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Dilettant
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Dilettant in German?
Dilettant appears about once in every 5 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).