Enthusiast

[ɛntuˈzi̯ast]

/[ɛntuˈzi̯ast]/ noun

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The verdict

“Enthusiast” is uncommon German (frequency #80,303 among 4,632 “E” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#80,303
frequency rank, German
4,632
“E” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Person, die Enthusiasmus hat; jemand, der eine leidenschaftliche Begeisterung für etwas aufbringt

Corpus desk

Index DE-enthusiast · Enthusiast · German

Enthusiast · rank #80,303 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #80,303
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,632
  • PHOTO-FINISH entheben

Nearest frequency peer: entheben (-1 rank slots)

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.

Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „Enthusiast“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Enthusiast“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Enthusiast
PropertyValue
HeadwordEnthusiast
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ɛntuˈzi̯ast]
Letters10
Frequency rank#80,303
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Enthusiast“ im Deutschen

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).Enthusiastfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „entheben“ (#80,302), „entmachten“ (#80,304), „entferntes“ (#80,301). Unter 4,632 „E“-Lemmata liegt „Enthusiast“ bei #80,303. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Enthusiast is uncommon German at frequency #80,303 among 4,632 “E” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ɛntuˈzi̯ast]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Person, die Enthusiasmus hat; jemand, der eine leidenschaftliche Begeisterung für etwas aufbringt".

No generated misspelling entries exist for Enthusiast in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is Enthusiast, spelled E-N-T-H-U-S-I-A-S-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Person, die Enthusiasmus hat; jemand, der eine leidenschaftliche Begeisterung für etwas aufbringt

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how Enthusiast appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. „Ich habe gewiß, als junger Enthusiast, zu seinem Gelingen vor der Welt viel beygetragen; zuletzt aber war mir’s doch gräßlich zu Muthe, wenn eine wohlerzogene Hofdame, im galantesten Négligé, die Frau Fips oder Faps, wie sie heißt, mit Entzücken vordeclamirte.“
  2. „Diese Neutralisation der Gesetze der Schwere zumal gab immer neuen Stoff der Unterhaltung. Michel Ardan, stets Enthusiast, wollte daraus Consequenzen ziehen, die pure Phantasie waren.“

This word in other languages

enthusiast(English)

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Enthusiast"?
"Enthusiast" is spelled E-N-T-H-U-S-I-A-S-T. The IPA pronunciation is [ɛntuˈzi̯ast].
What does "Enthusiast" mean?
As a noun, "Enthusiast" means: Person, die Enthusiasmus hat; jemand, der eine leidenschaftliche Begeisterung für etwas aufbringt
How do you pronounce "Enthusiast"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Enthusiast" is [ɛntuˈzi̯ast]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Enthusiast" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Enthusiast", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

entmachten#80,304entferntes#80,301entstellen#80,305entwischen#80,308

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list