Musikant
[muziˈkant]
The verdict
“Musikant” is uncommon German (frequency #98,830 among 3,571 “M” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #98,830
- frequency rank, German
- 3,571
- “M” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Person, die zu Tanz oder Unterhaltung Musik macht; heute auch mit negativem Unterton
Corpus desk
Index DE-musikant · Musikant · German
Musikant · rank #98,830 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #98,830
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,571
- PHOTO-FINISH Mungo
Nearest frequency peer: Mungo (-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 „Musikant“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Montserrat
Montserrat
1,178 corpus weight
- MP3s
MP3s
1,174 corpus weight
- Mungo
Mungo
1,172 corpus weight
- Musikant
Musikant
1,171 corpus weight
- myrrhe
myrrhe
1,167 corpus weight
- Männergesan…
Männergesangverein
1,166 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Musikant“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Musikant |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [muziˈkant] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #98,830 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Musikant“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Musikant is uncommon German at frequency #98,830 among 3,571 “M” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [muziˈkant]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Person, die zu Tanz oder Unterhaltung Musik macht; heute auch mit negativem Unterton".
Musikant doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct German form is Musikant, spelled M-U-S-I-K-A-N-T.
Definition
- 1Person, die zu Tanz oder Unterhaltung Musik macht; heute auch mit negativem Unterton
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Musikant appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Die Kriegsabenteuer des Simplicius, dieses »seltsamen Vaganten«, der sich mal als Narr mit Eselsohren oder Musikant, mal als Soldat oder Räuber, mal als Händler oder Quacksalber durchschlägt - sie spiegeln von Anfang an eigene Erfahrungen des Autors, ohne deshalb komplett autobiographisch zu sein.“
„Schließlich beendeten die Musikanten ihr revolutionäres Potpouri und hielten inne.“
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); 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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