Impertinenz
[ɪmpɛʁtiˈnɛnt͡s]
The verdict
“Impertinenz” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 11
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - impertinente, unverschämte Art
Corpus desk
Index DE-impertinenz · Impertinenz · German
Impertinenz · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "I" 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 | Impertinenz |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ɪmpɛʁtiˈnɛnt͡s] |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Impertinenz“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Impertinenz is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ɪmpɛʁtiˈnɛnt͡s]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for Impertinenz, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, 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 Impertinenz, spelled I-M-P-E-R-T-I-N-E-N-Z.
Definition
- 1impertinente, unverschämte Art
- 2impertinente Aussage oder Handlung
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Impertinenz appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Wie können Sie nur die Impertinenz besitzen, mich solche Dinge zu fragen?
Seine Impertinenz bringt mich noch zum Wahnsinn.
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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.