indicate
[ɪndɪkeɪt]
The verdict
“indicate” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - auf etwas aufmerksam machen, etwas zeigen, auf etwas deuten
Corpus desk
Index DE-indicate · indicate · German
indicate · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 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 | indicate |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ɪndɪkeɪt] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „indicate“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
indicate is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed [ɪndɪkeɪt]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 5 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for indicate, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct German form is indicate, spelled I-N-D-I-C-A-T-E.
Definition
- 1auf etwas aufmerksam machen, etwas zeigen, auf etwas deuten
- 2etwas anzeigen, angeben
- 3einen Hinweis geben, andeuten
- 4zum Ausdruck bringen
- 5britisch, blinken, den Blinker setzen
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how indicate appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
"With hardly a word spoken, but with a kindly eye, he waved me to an arm-chair, threw across his case of cigars, and indicated a spirit case and a gasogene in the corner."
There's a sense in the bunker, things are brewing towards a storm, and the storm really breaks on the 22nd of April, when Hitler launches into a tirade against some of his military commanders, which is extreme even by Hitler's standards, and Hitler indicates that he thinks the war is lost.
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.