impotent

[ˈɪmpotɛnt]

/[ˈɪmpotɛnt]/ adj

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The verdict

“impotent” is uncommon German (frequency #80,517 among 1,488 “I” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#80,517
frequency rank, German
1,488
“I” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - zur Zeugung, zum Geschlechtsverkehr nicht fähig

Corpus desk

Index DE-impotent · impotent · German

impotent · rank #80,517 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #80,517
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,488
  • PHOTO-FINISH impliziten

Nearest frequency peer: impliziten (-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 „impotent“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for impotent
PropertyValue
Headwordimpotent
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdjective
IPA[ˈɪmpotɛnt]
Letters8
Frequency rank#80,517
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „impotent“ im Deutschen

Die Häufigkeit läuft von den wenigen Alltagswörtern (links) bis zur langen, seltenen Schwanzseite (rechts).impotentfällt 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: „impliziten“ (#80,516), „Immunologie“ (#80,515), „Infektionsrisiko“ (#80,519). Unter 1,488 „I“-Lemmata liegt „impotent“ bei #80,517. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

impotent is uncommon German at frequency #80,517 among 1,488 “I” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ˈɪmpotɛnt]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

No misspelling variants are generated for impotent in our index, 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 nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is impotent, spelled I-M-P-O-T-E-N-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    zur Zeugung, zum Geschlechtsverkehr nicht fähig
  2. 2
    machtlos, unfähig, nicht schöpferisch

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. „In Belfast wollen ein paar Wissenschaftler herausgefunden haben, dass Viagra impotent macht – zwar nicht coeundi aber dafür generandi.“
  2. „Er war so modern, daß er am Tag nach der Hochzeit pünktlich impotent wurde.“

Synonyms

sterilunfruchtbarzeugungsunfähig

Antonyms

fruchtbarpotenteinfallsreichkreativschöpferisch

This word in other languages

impotent(English)impotente(Español)impuissant(Français)

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 "impotent"?
"impotent" is spelled I-M-P-O-T-E-N-T. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈɪmpotɛnt].
What does "impotent" mean?
As an adjective, "impotent" means: zur Zeugung, zum Geschlechtsverkehr nicht fähig
How do you pronounce "impotent"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "impotent" is [ˈɪmpotɛnt]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "impotent" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Hochmoor#80,496kichernd#80,560Kinnlade#80,564kochende#80,571

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list