Polyhistor
[poliˈhɪstoːɐ̯]
The verdict
“Polyhistor” 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) - Gelehrter mit Kenntnissen in mehreren Fachgebieten
Corpus desk
Index DE-polyhistor · Polyhistor · German
Polyhistor · 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 | Polyhistor |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [poliˈhɪstoːɐ̯] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Polyhistor“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Polyhistor is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [poliˈhɪstoːɐ̯]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Gelehrter mit Kenntnissen in mehreren Fachgebieten".
Polyhistor doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is Polyhistor, spelled P-O-L-Y-H-I-S-T-O-R.
Definition
- 1Gelehrter mit Kenntnissen in mehreren Fachgebieten
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Polyhistor appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Becher selbst erwähnt noch ältere Vertreter der Kryptographie oder Geheimschrift, darunter den berühmten Polyhistor und Jesuitenpater Athanasius Kircher, ferner die Kabbalisten […], den hochgelehrten Abt Trithemius […] und andere mehr.“
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.