Maschinist

[maʃiˈnɪst]

/[maʃiˈnɪst]/ noun

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The verdict

“Maschinist” is uncommon German (frequency #72,707 among 3,571 “M” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#72,707
frequency rank, German
3,571
“M” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Bediener und Überwacher mindestens einer Maschine

Corpus desk

Index DE-maschinist · Maschinist · German

Maschinist · rank #72,707 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #72,707
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,571
  • PHOTO-FINISH Maskulinum

Nearest frequency peer: Maskulinum (+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 „Maschinist“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Maschinist
PropertyValue
HeadwordMaschinist
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[maʃiˈnɪst]
Letters10
Frequency rank#72,707
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Maschinist“ im Deutschen

Die Häufigkeit läuft von den wenigen Alltagswörtern (links) bis zur langen, seltenen Schwanzseite (rechts).Maschinistfällt 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: „Maskulinum“ (#72,708), „Massenpanik“ (#72,709), „materia“ (#72,710). Unter 3,571 „M“-Lemmata liegt „Maschinist“ bei #72,707. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Maschinist is uncommon German at frequency #72,707 among 3,571 “M” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [maʃiˈnɪst]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Bediener und Überwacher mindestens einer Maschine".

Maschinist doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, 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 Maschinist, spelled M-A-S-C-H-I-N-I-S-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Bediener und Überwacher mindestens einer Maschine

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. „Dass sich Weise überhaupt mit diesem Hobby abgibt, liegt auf der Hand: Er erlernte 1974 den Beruf als Maschinist für Brikettierung.“

This word in other languages

machinist(English)

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 "Maschinist"?
"Maschinist" is spelled M-A-S-C-H-I-N-I-S-T. The IPA pronunciation is [maʃiˈnɪst].
What does "Maschinist" mean?
As a noun, "Maschinist" means: Bediener und Überwacher mindestens einer Maschine
How do you pronounce "Maschinist"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Maschinist" is [maʃiˈnɪst]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Maschinist" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Maskulinum#72,708Mechernich#72,714Messdiener#72,722Luftbilder#72,691

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list