Humorist
[humoˈʁɪst]
The verdict
“Humorist” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Person, die komische Werke verfasst und /oder komödiantische Aufführungen darbietet
Corpus desk
Index DE-humorist · Humorist · German
Humorist · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "H" 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 | Humorist |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [humoˈʁɪst] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Humorist“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Humorist is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [humoˈʁɪst]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Person, die komische Werke verfasst und /oder komödiantische Aufführungen darbietet".
No misspelling variants are generated for Humorist in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, 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 Humorist, spelled H-U-M-O-R-I-S-T.
Definition
- 1Person, die komische Werke verfasst und /oder komödiantische Aufführungen darbietet
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Humorist appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Vicco von Bülow alias Loriot gilt als einer der bedeutendsten deutschen Humoristen.
„Der tragische Humorist macht sich selbst zugleich zum Zuschauer; er kommt zu einer Distanz von sich selbst.“
Synonyms
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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.