Romanschriftsteller
[ʁoˈmaːnˌʃʁɪftʃtɛlɐ]
The verdict
“Romanschriftsteller” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 19
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - jemand, der Romane verfasst
Corpus desk
Index DE-romanschriftsteller · Romanschriftsteller · German
Romanschriftsteller · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 19 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 | Romanschriftsteller |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ʁoˈmaːnˌʃʁɪftʃtɛlɐ] |
| Letters | 19 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Romanschriftsteller“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Romanschriftsteller is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ʁoˈmaːnˌʃʁɪftʃtɛlɐ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "jemand, der Romane verfasst".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for Romanschriftsteller, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, 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 Romanschriftsteller, spelled R-O-M-A-N-S-C-H-R-I-F-T-S-T-E-L-L-E-R.
Definition
- 1jemand, der Romane verfasst
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Romanschriftsteller appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Ein Romanschriftsteller muss die Welt neu erfinden, muss sich Gefühle, Antworten und Wirklichkeiten ausdenken, aber sie, die Weltreisenden, müssen nur hinschauen und hinhören.“
„Der Romanschriftsteller Daniel Defoe hat als vorgeblicher Zeitzeuge die Londoner Schreckenstage später in einer Art Reportage beschrieben.“
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.