Violinist

[vi̯oliˈnɪst]

/[vi̯oliˈnɪst]/ noun

The verdict

“Violinist” is uncommon German (frequency #97,924 among 4,163 “V” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#97,924
frequency rank, German
4,163
“V” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Person, die Violine spielt

Corpus desk

Index DE-violinist · Violinist · German

Violinist · rank #97,924 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #97,924
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,163
  • PHOTO-FINISH Vinothek

Nearest frequency peer: Vinothek (-1 rank slots)

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.

Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „Violinist“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Violinist“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Violinist
PropertyValue
HeadwordViolinist
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[vi̯oliˈnɪst]
Letters9
Frequency rank#97,924
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Violinist“ im Deutschen

Die Häufigkeit läuft von den wenigen Alltagswörtern (links) bis zur langen, seltenen Schwanzseite (rechts).Violinistfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Achse ist logarithmisch: jeder Tick markiert etwa zehnfach geringere Häufigkeit. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Vinothek“ (#97,923), „Vishnu“ (#97,925), „Villenviertel“ (#97,922). Unter 4,163 „V“-Lemmata liegt „Violinist“ bei #97,924. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Violinist is uncommon German at frequency #97,924 among 4,163 “V” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [vi̯oliˈnɪst]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Person, die Violine spielt".

Violinist has no tracked misspelling variants, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, 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 Violinist, spelled V-I-O-L-I-N-I-S-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Person, die Violine spielt

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how Violinist appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. „Schließlich ist der Mann ein gefeierter Violinist und Dirigent, der im zarten Alter von sieben Jahren im japanischen Fernsehen als Geigen-Wunderkind herumgereicht wurde, und obendrein Spross einer der einflussreichsten Familien Japans.“

Synonyms

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); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Violinist"?
"Violinist" is spelled V-I-O-L-I-N-I-S-T. The IPA pronunciation is [vi̯oliˈnɪst].
What does "Violinist" mean?
As a noun, "Violinist" means: Person, die Violine spielt
How do you pronounce "Violinist"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Violinist" is [vi̯oliˈnɪst]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Violinist" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Violinist", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list