Magnat
[maˈɡnaːt]
The verdict
“Magnat” is uncommon German (frequency #84,276 among 3,571 “M” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #84,276
- frequency rank, German
- 3,571
- “M” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Person mit großer wirtschaftlicher Macht
Corpus desk
Index DE-magnat · Magnat · German
Magnat · rank #84,276 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #84,276
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,571
- PHOTO-FINISH maarten
Nearest frequency peer: maarten (-2 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 „Magnat“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Länderebene
Länderebene
15,730 corpus weight
- Läuterung
Läuterung
15,729 corpus weight
- maarten
maarten
15,727 corpus weight
- Magnat
Magnat
15,725 corpus weight
- mariner
mariner
15,721 corpus weight
- Markenprodu…
Markenprodukte
15,720 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Magnat“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Magnat |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [maˈɡnaːt] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #84,276 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Magnat“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Magnat is uncommon German at frequency #84,276 among 3,571 “M” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [maˈɡnaːt]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for Magnat, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is Magnat, spelled M-A-G-N-A-T.
Definition
- 1Person mit großer wirtschaftlicher Macht
- 2Adliger
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Magnat appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Es ist nicht immer einfach, sich als Politiker gegen die Magnaten aus Öl- und Automobilindustrie zu stellen.
„Der größte Teil von ihnen fand jedoch neue Erwerbs- und Niederlassungsmöglichkeiten in den privaten Städten und auf den Ländereien, die die polnischen Magnaten in dieser Zeit gründeten.“
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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.
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