Kolumnistin

[kolʊmˈnɪstɪn]

/[kolʊmˈnɪstɪn]/ noun

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The verdict

“Kolumnistin” is uncommon German (frequency #73,701 among 4,158 “K” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#73,701
frequency rank, German
4,158
“K” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Autorin eines kurzen, regelmäßig erscheinenden, journalistischen Beitrags in einer Zeitung oder einer Zeitschrift

Corpus desk

Index DE-kolumnistin · Kolumnistin · German

Kolumnistin · rank #73,701 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #73,701
  • LEN-MEGA 11 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,158
  • PHOTO-FINISH Kolonialmacht

Nearest frequency peer: Kolonialmacht (-1 rank slots)

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.

Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „Kolumnistin“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Kolumnistin“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Kolumnistin
PropertyValue
HeadwordKolumnistin
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[kolʊmˈnɪstɪn]
Letters11
Frequency rank#73,701
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Kolumnistin“ im Deutschen

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).Kolumnistinfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Achse ist logarithmisch: jeder Tick markiert etwa zehnfach geringere Häufigkeit. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Kolonialmacht“ (#73,700), „Kompilation“ (#73,703), „kompromisslose“ (#73,704). Unter 4,158 „K“-Lemmata liegt „Kolumnistin“ bei #73,701. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Kolumnistin is uncommon German at frequency #73,701 among 4,158 “K” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [kolʊmˈnɪstɪn]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Autorin eines kurzen, regelmäßig erscheinenden, journalistischen Beitrags in einer Zeitung oder einer Zeitschrift".

Kolumnistin has no tracked misspelling variants, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, 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 Kolumnistin, spelled K-O-L-U-M-N-I-S-T-I-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    Autorin eines kurzen, regelmäßig erscheinenden, journalistischen Beitrags in einer Zeitung oder einer Zeitschrift

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how Kolumnistin appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Die Kolumnistin der überregionalen Zeitung genießt in der Öffentlichkeit hohes Ansehen.
  2. „Für eine Wahlperiode saß sie sogar für die Fortschrittspartei im Parlament, und lange war sie Kolumnistin im Zweiten Programm.“

This word in other languages

columnist(English)columnista(Español)

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Kolumnistin"?
"Kolumnistin" is spelled K-O-L-U-M-N-I-S-T-I-N. The IPA pronunciation is [kolʊmˈnɪstɪn].
What does "Kolumnistin" mean?
As a noun, "Kolumnistin" means: Autorin eines kurzen, regelmäßig erscheinenden, journalistischen Beitrags in einer Zeitung oder einer Zeitschrift
How do you pronounce "Kolumnistin"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Kolumnistin" is [kolʊmˈnɪstɪn]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Kolumnistin" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Kolumnistin", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Kompilation#73,703Kleingarten#73,693Kosmonauten#73,710Körperwärme#73,722

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list