Imitat
[imiˈtaːt]
The verdict
“Imitat” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 6
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - ein (minderwertiges) Produkt, das so gemacht wurde, dass es einem anderen gleicht; eine Produktkopie
Corpus desk
Index DE-imitat · Imitat · German
Imitat · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "I" 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 | Imitat |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [imiˈtaːt] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Imitat“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Imitat is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [imiˈtaːt]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "ein (minderwertiges) Produkt, das so gemacht wurde, dass es einem anderen gleicht; eine Produktkopie".
Zero misspellings are on record for Imitat in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is Imitat, spelled I-M-I-T-A-T.
Definition
- 1ein (minderwertiges) Produkt, das so gemacht wurde, dass es einem anderen gleicht; eine Produktkopie
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Imitat appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Besonders häufig seien die Beanstandungen in Gaststätten gewesen, wo in zwei Dritteln aller Fälle etwa für Schinkenpizza oder Schinkennudeln Imitate verwendet worden seien.“
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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.