Funkamateur
[ˈfʊŋkʔamaˌtøːɐ̯]
The verdict
“Funkamateur” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 11
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - (männliche^☆) Person, die mit behördlicher Genehmigung eine Funkstation als Hobby betreibt
Corpus desk
Index DE-funkamateur · Funkamateur · German
Funkamateur · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-5 5 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 | Funkamateur |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈfʊŋkʔamaˌtøːɐ̯] |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Funkamateur“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Funkamateur is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈfʊŋkʔamaˌtøːɐ̯]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "(männliche^☆) Person, die mit behördlicher Genehmigung eine Funkstation als Hobby betreibt".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for Funkamateur, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct German form is Funkamateur, spelled F-U-N-K-A-M-A-T-E-U-R.
Definition
- 1(männliche^☆) Person, die mit behördlicher Genehmigung eine Funkstation als Hobby betreibt
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Funkamateur appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Telekom-Minister Norbert Hofer (FPÖ) sieht sich mit wütenden Protesten von Funkamateuren konfrontiert.“
„Fangen wir mit einer ziemlich spezialisierten und speziellen Gruppe bastelnder Menschen an: den Funkamateuren.“
Synonyms
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.