Which to use
“indirekt” and “indirekten” are a confusable German pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #6,672
- “indirekt” frequency rank
- #22,025
- “indirekten” frequency rank
- 28697
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | indirekt | indirekten |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | mit Umweg, unter Zuhilfenahme eines (Hilfs-)Mittels | Genitiv Singular Maskulinum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs indirekt |
Where the eye mixes indirekt and indirekten
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence. indirekt runs 8 letters (VCCVCVCC) against indirekten's 10 (VCCVCVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between indirekt and indirekten
A purely visual mix-up. indirekt ([ˈɪndiˌʁɛkt]) and indirekten ([ˈɪndiˌʁɛktn̩]) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 2 extra letter(s) - “indirekt” sits inside “indirekten”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 28697, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
indirekt is recorded at frequency rank #6,672, classified as anadj, pronounced [ˈɪndiˌʁɛkt]. indirekten is at rank #22,025, tagged as anadj, pronounced [ˈɪndiˌʁɛktn̩].
Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.
With a confusion score of 28697, this pair ranks #1,780,171 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of indirekt vs indirekten
Shared letters: deiknrt. Private to "indirekt": -. Private to "indirekten": -.
"indirekt" · 8 letters · shape VCCVCVCC · "indirekten" · 10 letters · shape VCCVCVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- indirekt ← idnirekt · inddirekt · indierkt · indirekkt · indirektt · indiretk · indirket · indirrekt
- indirekten ← idnirekten · inddirekten · indierkten · indireketn · indirekkten · indirektenn · indirektne · indirektten
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "indirekt" and "indirekten" be used interchangeably?
In ordinary German text, does "indirekt" or "indirekten" show up more?
Useful next steps
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "indirekt" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "indirekten" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #1,780,171 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "indirekt" and "indirekten" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "indirekten vs indirekter". Nearby pair
- Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes
Confusion rank #1,780,171 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.