Symbiont
[zʏmˈbi̯ɔnt]
The verdict
“Symbiont” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Lebewesen, das in Symbiose mit einem anderen Lebewesen lebt
Corpus desk
Index DE-symbiont · Symbiont · German
Symbiont · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 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 | Symbiont |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [zʏmˈbi̯ɔnt] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Symbiont“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Symbiont is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [zʏmˈbi̯ɔnt]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Lebewesen, das in Symbiose mit einem anderen Lebewesen lebt".
Symbiont has no tracked misspelling variants, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Symbiont, spelled S-Y-M-B-I-O-N-T.
Definition
- 1Lebewesen, das in Symbiose mit einem anderen Lebewesen lebt
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Symbiont appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Bei im Freiland gefangenen Zellen fehlt der Symbiont nur selten, einige Symbionten sind jedoch nicht voll entwickelt, was über den Lebenszyklus erklärt werden könnte.“
This word in other languages
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.