Romanautor
[ʁoˈmaːnˌʔaʊ̯toːɐ̯]
The verdict
“Romanautor” 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) - jemand, der einen Roman verfasst hat
Corpus desk
Index DE-romanautor · Romanautor · German
Romanautor · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "R" 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 | Romanautor |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ʁoˈmaːnˌʔaʊ̯toːɐ̯] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Romanautor“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Romanautor is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ʁoˈmaːnˌʔaʊ̯toːɐ̯]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "jemand, der einen Roman verfasst hat".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for Romanautor, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is Romanautor, spelled R-O-M-A-N-A-U-T-O-R.
Definition
- 1jemand, der einen Roman verfasst hat
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Romanautor appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Man kann sie selbstverständlich »bloß so« lesen und wird sie mögen, aber wer sich um ein Verständnis bemühen will, das ihrer Komplexität gerecht wird, sollte allerlei, was im Zusammenhang der Romane noch zur Sprache kommen wird, mitdenken, und wer Wieland als Romanautor begreifen will, der sollte das wissen.“
„Frank Thies, zehn Jahre jünger als Walter von Molo, Theaterkritiker, Redakteur, seit den Zwanzigerjahren erfolgreicher Romanautor, nach 1933 unvermindert aktiv, 1936 mit dem Buch »Tsushima«.“
Synonyms
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.