polyglott
[poliˈɡlɔt]
The verdict
“polyglott” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. 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) - viele Sprachen beherrschend, viele Sprachen betreffend/einbeziehend
Corpus desk
Index DE-polyglott · polyglott · German
polyglott · 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 "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 | polyglott |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [poliˈɡlɔt] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „polyglott“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
polyglott is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed [poliˈɡlɔt]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "viele Sprachen beherrschend, viele Sprachen betreffend/einbeziehend".
No generated misspelling entries exist for polyglott in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, 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 polyglott, spelled P-O-L-Y-G-L-O-T-T.
Definition
- 1viele Sprachen beherrschend, viele Sprachen betreffend/einbeziehend
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how polyglott appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Sprachwissenschaftler haben es leicht, sich polyglott zu geben.
„Außerhalb von Schule und Universität standen auch die zahlreichen polyglotten Werke, die neben Latein und Deutsch andere lebende europäische Fremdsprachen verzeichneten und diese ‚Wort für Wort‘ mit dem Deutschen verbanden.“
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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.