Völkerkundler
[ˈfœlkɐˌkʊndlɐ]
The verdict
“Völkerkundler” 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) - Wissenschaftler, der sich mit Völkerkunde befasst
Corpus desk
Index DE-volkerkundler · Völkerkundler · German
Völkerkundler · 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 "V" 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 | Völkerkundler |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈfœlkɐˌkʊndlɐ] |
| Letters | 13 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Völkerkundler“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Völkerkundler is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈfœlkɐˌkʊndlɐ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Wissenschaftler, der sich mit Völkerkunde befasst".
No misspelling variants are generated for Völkerkundler in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is Völkerkundler, spelled V-Ö-L-K-E-R-K-U-N-D-L-E-R.
Definition
- 1Wissenschaftler, der sich mit Völkerkunde befasst
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Völkerkundler appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Es geschah in Oklahoma, denn dorthin führt mich meine Arbeit als Völkerkundler und Erforscher der indianischen Kultur regelmäßig.“
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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.