Existentialist
[ɛksɪstɛnt͡si̯aˈlɪst]
The verdict
“Existentialist” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 14
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Vertreter des Existentialismus
Corpus desk
Index DE-existentialist · Existentialist · German
Existentialist · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 14 letters
- VOW-6 6 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "E" 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 | Existentialist |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ɛksɪstɛnt͡si̯aˈlɪst] |
| Letters | 14 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Existentialist“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Existentialist is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ɛksɪstɛnt͡si̯aˈlɪst]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Vertreter des Existentialismus".
No generated misspelling entries exist for Existentialist in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, 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 Existentialist, spelled E-X-I-S-T-E-N-T-I-A-L-I-S-T.
Definition
- 1Vertreter des Existentialismus
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Existentialist appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Was die Existentialisten trieben, davon hatte er in der Heimatstadt etwas mitbekommen.“
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.