Impotenz
[ˈɪmpoˌtɛnt͡s]
The verdict
“Impotenz” is uncommon German (frequency #57,119 among 1,488 “I” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #57,119
- frequency rank, German
- 1,488
- “I” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Unfähigkeit des Mannes, ein Kind zu zeugen
Corpus desk
Index DE-impotenz · Impotenz · German
Impotenz · rank #57,119 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #57,119
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,488
- PHOTO-FINISH imposant
Nearest frequency peer: imposant (-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 „Impotenz“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- ident
ident
42,888 corpus weight
- Illertissen
Illertissen
42,884 corpus weight
- imposant
imposant
42,883 corpus weight
- Impotenz
Impotenz
42,882 corpus weight
- Information…
Informationsveranstaltungen
42,879 corpus weight
- Innendienst
Innendienst
42,877 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Impotenz“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Impotenz |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈɪmpoˌtɛnt͡s] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #57,119 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Impotenz“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Impotenz is uncommon German at frequency #57,119 among 1,488 “I” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈɪmpoˌtɛnt͡s]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for Impotenz in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is Impotenz, spelled I-M-P-O-T-E-N-Z.
Definition
- 1Unfähigkeit des Mannes, ein Kind zu zeugen
- 2Unfähigkeit des Mannes zum Geschlechtsverkehr
- 3geistige Unfähigkeit
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Impotenz appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Sie verzehrte sich vor Kummer, denn da sie von der Impotenz meines Bruders nichts ahnte, bildete sie sich ein, er enthalte ihr nur deshalb den Gegenstand ihres Verlangens vor, weil er ihre Liebe nicht erwidere; der Irrtum war entschuldbar, denn ihr Mann sah aus wie ein Herkules und war es auch in allen Bereichen, außer dort, wo sie es sich gewünscht hätte.“
„So befriedigend es auch für ihn war, nach zweijähriger Impotenz wieder über seine Manneskraft zu verfügen - es hatte damit geendet, daß er das Gesicht zur Wand gedreht hatte.“
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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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