Kolporteur
[kɔlpɔʁˈtøːɐ̯]
The verdict
“Kolporteur” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Hausierer in billigen Heften, Schriften und Büchern, besonders religiöser Art
Corpus desk
Index DE-kolporteur · Kolporteur · German
Kolporteur · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 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 | Kolporteur |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [kɔlpɔʁˈtøːɐ̯] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Kolporteur“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Kolporteur is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [kɔlpɔʁˈtøːɐ̯]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for Kolporteur, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is Kolporteur, spelled K-O-L-P-O-R-T-E-U-R.
Definition
- 1Hausierer in billigen Heften, Schriften und Büchern, besonders religiöser Art
- 2eine Person, die Gerüchte verbreitet
- 3Straßenverkäufer von Zeitungen
- 4Verteiler von Pendlerzeitungen
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Kolporteur appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Ab 1924 beteiligte er sich hauptamtlich als Kolporteur an der Verbreitung der biblischen Veröffentlichungen, die in Magdeburg gedruckt wurden.
„Als ich Signor Grimaldi fragte, wie ich mir das ›Journal des Savants‹, den ›Mercure de France‹ und andere Zeitschriften dieser Art verschaffen könne, versprach er, mir einen Kolporteur zu schicken, der alles besorgen würde.“
This word in other languages
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.