Spitzenathlet
[ˈʃpɪt͡sn̩ʔatˌleːt]
The verdict
“Spitzenathlet” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 13
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Sportler mit sehr guten sportlichen Leistungen
Corpus desk
Index DE-spitzenathlet · Spitzenathlet · German
Spitzenathlet · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 13 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "S" 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 | Spitzenathlet |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈʃpɪt͡sn̩ʔatˌleːt] |
| Letters | 13 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Spitzenathlet“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Spitzenathlet is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈʃpɪt͡sn̩ʔatˌleːt]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Sportler mit sehr guten sportlichen Leistungen".
Spitzenathlet has no tracked misspelling variants, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Spitzenathlet, spelled S-P-I-T-Z-E-N-A-T-H-L-E-T.
Definition
- 1Sportler mit sehr guten sportlichen Leistungen
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Spitzenathlet appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Er gehört zu den Spitzenathleten seines Jahrganges und hat absolute Weltklasse.
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.