Novellist
[novɛˈlɪst]
The verdict
“Novellist” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - jemand, der Novellen schreibt (meist ein Schriftsteller)
Corpus desk
Index DE-novellist · Novellist · German
Novellist · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "N" 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 | Novellist |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [novɛˈlɪst] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Novellist“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Novellist is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [novɛˈlɪst]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "jemand, der Novellen schreibt (meist ein Schriftsteller)".
No misspelling variants are generated for Novellist in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Novellist, spelled N-O-V-E-L-L-I-S-T.
Definition
- 1jemand, der Novellen schreibt (meist ein Schriftsteller)
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Novellist appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Ein amerikanischer Novellist, der 1849 starb, hieß Edgar Allan Poe.
„Der Novellist löst den Dramatiker ab: Stefan Zweigs «Weltbibliothek» steht im Zentrum der vierten «Suhrkamp-Insel» vom 29. Juni bis 16. Oktober im Literaturmuseum der Moderne (LiMo) in Marbach.“
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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.