incident

[ˈɪnt͡sɪdɛnt]

/[ˈɪnt͡sɪdɛnt]/ noun

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The verdict

“incident” is uncommon German (frequency #78,142 among 1,488 “I” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#78,142
frequency rank, German
1,488
“I” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - ein unvorhergesehenes, störendes Ereignis; Zwischenfall

Corpus desk

Index DE-incident · incident · German

incident · rank #78,142 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #78,142
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,488
  • PHOTO-FINISH Indikativ

Nearest frequency peer: Indikativ (+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 „incident“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for incident
PropertyValue
Headwordincident
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈɪnt͡sɪdɛnt]
Letters8
Frequency rank#78,142
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „incident“ im Deutschen

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.incidentfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Indikativ“ (#78,143), „Immobilienblase“ (#78,140), „Industriebetrieben“ (#78,144). Unter 1,488 „I“-Lemmata liegt „incident“ bei #78,142. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

incident is uncommon German at frequency #78,142 among 1,488 “I” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈɪnt͡sɪdɛnt]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "ein unvorhergesehenes, störendes Ereignis; Zwischenfall".

Zero misspellings are on record for incident in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct German form is incident, spelled I-N-C-I-D-E-N-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    ein unvorhergesehenes, störendes Ereignis; Zwischenfall

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. „K pořízení štítu proti pronikání dálkové řízených bezpilotních prostředků se Praha rozhodla po sérii incidentů, které v předchozích letech na několik hodin vyřadily z provozu řadu významných evropských letišť.“

Synonyms

konfliktsrážka

This word in other languages

incident(English)

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 "incident"?
"incident" is spelled I-N-C-I-D-E-N-T. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈɪnt͡sɪdɛnt].
What does "incident" mean?
As a noun, "incident" means: ein unvorhergesehenes, störendes Ereignis; Zwischenfall
How do you pronounce "incident"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "incident" is [ˈɪnt͡sɪdɛnt]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

Innungen#78,150Hirschau#78,117Kinshasa#78,184Harlekin#78,082

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list