Polygamist
[poliɡaˈmɪst]
The verdict
“Polygamist” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Person, die Polygamie (Vielehe) betreibt
Corpus desk
Index DE-polygamist · Polygamist · German
Polygamist · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "P" 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 | Polygamist |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [poliɡaˈmɪst] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Polygamist“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Polygamist is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [poliɡaˈmɪst]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Person, die Polygamie (Vielehe) betreibt".
No misspelling variants are generated for Polygamist in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is Polygamist, spelled P-O-L-Y-G-A-M-I-S-T.
Definition
- 1Person, die Polygamie (Vielehe) betreibt
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Polygamist appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Die Straße der schwarzen Schwestern sah aus wie eine von allen Familienmitgliedern verachtete kinderlose Frau im Haushalt eines Polygamisten.“
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.