Wissenschafter
[ˈvɪsn̩ˌʃaftɐ]
The verdict
“Wissenschafter” is uncommon German (frequency #60,263 among 2,930 “W” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #60,263
- frequency rank, German
- 2,930
- “W” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Österreich, Switzerland and Liechtenstein: Wissenschaftler
Corpus desk
Index DE-wissenschafter · Wissenschafter · German
Wissenschafter · rank #60,263 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #60,263
- LEN-MEGA 14 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,930
- PHOTO-FINISH wirkender
Nearest frequency peer: wirkender (-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 „Wissenschafter“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Wilms
Wilms
39,741 corpus weight
- Windschatten
Windschatten
39,740 corpus weight
- wirkender
wirkender
39,739 corpus weight
- Wissenschaf…
Wissenschafter
39,738 corpus weight
- wissenswerte
wissenswerte
39,737 corpus weight
- Witzes
Witzes
39,735 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Wissenschafter“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Wissenschafter |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈvɪsn̩ˌʃaftɐ] |
| Letters | 14 |
| Frequency rank | #60,263 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Wissenschafter“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Wissenschafter is uncommon German at frequency #60,263 among 2,930 “W” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈvɪsn̩ˌʃaftɐ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Österreich, Switzerland and Liechtenstein: Wissenschaftler".
Zero misspellings are on record for Wissenschafter in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is Wissenschafter, spelled W-I-S-S-E-N-S-C-H-A-F-T-E-R.
Definition
- 1Österreich, Switzerland and Liechtenstein: Wissenschaftler
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Wissenschafter appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Ratlos saß der Wissenschafter über seinen Nachschlagewerken.
„Dieses Verfahren funktioniert laut dem leitenden Wissenschafter Richard Mulligan ohne den Einsatz eines Medikaments oder einer chemischen Veränderung im Körper und besteht aus nur einem Schritt.“
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.
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