Kopist
[koˈpɪst]
The verdict
“Kopist” 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) - Schreiber, der einen vorgegebenen Text abschreibt
Corpus desk
Index DE-kopist · Kopist · German
Kopist · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 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 | Kopist |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [koˈpɪst] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Kopist“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Kopist is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [koˈpɪst]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for Kopist in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, 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 Kopist, spelled K-O-P-I-S-T.
Definition
- 1Schreiber, der einen vorgegebenen Text abschreibt
- 2jemand, der Kunstwerke nachmacht
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Kopist appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Orthographiefehler und graphische Ungleichmäßigkeiten innerhalb eines Manuskripts lassen darauf schließen, daß die Kopisten nach Diktat und abwechselnd am gleichen Manuskript arbeiten.“
„Die anderen Worte, von irgendeinem Kopisten zum Zweck der Klarstellung in Eudemos' Text eingefügt, hatten mich schrecklich verwirrt.“
Synonyms
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.