Koautor
[ˈkoːˌʔaʊ̯toːɐ̯]
The verdict
“Koautor” 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) - (männliche^☆) Person, die ein literarisches Werk zusammen mit einer anderen Person oder mehreren anderen Personen verfasst hat
Corpus desk
Index DE-koautor · Koautor · German
Koautor · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-4 4 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 | Koautor |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈkoːˌʔaʊ̯toːɐ̯] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Koautor“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Koautor is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈkoːˌʔaʊ̯toːɐ̯]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "(männliche^☆) Person, die ein literarisches Werk zusammen mit einer anderen Person oder mehreren anderen Personen verfasst hat".
No generated misspelling entries exist for Koautor in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Koautor, spelled K-O-A-U-T-O-R.
Definition
- 1(männliche^☆) Person, die ein literarisches Werk zusammen mit einer anderen Person oder mehreren anderen Personen verfasst hat
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Koautor appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Ein „Hans Müller“ wird auf dem Umschlag des Romans als Koautor genannt.
Dank der Recherche meines Koautors und besten Freundes gelang es uns, die historischen Gegebenheiten ziemlich exakt darzustellen.
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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.