Flötist
[fløˈtɪst]
The verdict
“Flötist” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Person, die (professionell) Flöte spielt
Corpus desk
Index DE-flotist · Flötist · German
Flötist · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "F" 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 | Flötist |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [fløˈtɪst] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Flötist“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Flötist is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [fløˈtɪst]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Person, die (professionell) Flöte spielt".
Flötist has no tracked misspelling variants, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, 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 Flötist, spelled F-L-Ö-T-I-S-T.
Definition
- 1Person, die (professionell) Flöte spielt
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Flötist appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Der Flötist spielte ein ergreifendes Solo.
„Als er sein neues Opus spielen ließ, bekam er Ärger mit den Flötisten.“
Synonyms
This word in other languages
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.