Kabalist
[kabaˈlɪst]
The verdict
“Kabalist” 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) - heimtückischer, hinterlistiger Ränkeschmied
Corpus desk
Index DE-kabalist · Kabalist · German
Kabalist · 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 "K" 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 | Kabalist |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [kabaˈlɪst] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Kabalist“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Kabalist is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [kabaˈlɪst]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Kabalist, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
No documented word history exists for this headword, 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 Kabalist, spelled K-A-B-A-L-I-S-T.
Definition
- 1heimtückischer, hinterlistiger Ränkeschmied
- 2jemand, der sich auf die Cabala der Juden versteht
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Kabalist appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Dies alles jedoch benahm ihr nicht ihre echten Verdienste, und deshalb unterstützte ich sie, verteidigte sie gegen die Kabalisten, und solange Kaiser Joseph lebte, waren alle gegen sie und mich angezettelten Intrigen vergeblich.“
„Ein solcher Freund von verborgenern Studien, die denn ihre Tradition haben, wie der Talmud die seinige hat, oder selbst eine ist, heißt bei den Juden ein Kabalist, d. i. so viel als ein Mystiker.“ (1853)
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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.