Dilettant
[ˌdilɛˈtant]
The verdict
“Dilettant” 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) - jemand, der eine Tätigkeit ausübt, ohne dafür professionell ausgebildet worden zu sein
Corpus desk
Index DE-dilettant · Dilettant · German
Dilettant · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 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 | Dilettant |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˌdilɛˈtant] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Dilettant” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Dilettant is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˌdilɛˈtant]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for Dilettant, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is Dilettant, spelled D-I-L-E-T-T-A-N-T.
Definition
- 1jemand, der eine Tätigkeit ausübt, ohne dafür professionell ausgebildet worden zu sein
- 2jemand, der eine Tätigkeit ausübt, ohne sie zu beherrschen
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Dilettant appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Er war ein Dilettant in der Malerei.
„Hier kommt meine besondere Qualität als Dilettant ins Spiel: Ich bin Journalist, also das Gegenteil eines Fachmanns.“
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