indirekt
German, adjective/ˈɪndiˌʁɛkt/
indirekt is spelled I-N-D-I-R-E-K-T (8 letters) and appears 11 times per million words in written German, the 6,647th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Indirekt is a German adjective meaning “indirect” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “mit Umweg, unter Zuhilfenahme eines (Hilfs-)Mittels”.
What does indirekt mean in English?
adjective
- 1
indirect
- 2
implied, implicit
- 3
vicarious
adverb
- 1
indirectly
- 2
implicitly
- 3
vicariously
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. mit Umweg, unter Zuhilfenahme eines (Hilfs-)Mittels 2. nicht wortwörtlich gemeint
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of indirekt
- indirekter masculine nominative singular
- indirekte feminine nominative singular
- indirektes neuter nominative singular
- indirekten genitive masculine singular
- indirektem dative masculine singular
- der indirekte definite includes-article masculine
- die indirekte definite feminine includes-article
- das indirekte definite includes-article neuter
- die indirekten definite includes-article nominative
- des indirekten definite genitive includes-article
- der indirekten definite feminine genitive
- dem indirekten dative definite includes-article
- den indirekten dative definite includes-article
- ind. abbreviation
- indir. abbreviation
- am indirektesten superlative
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce indirekt?
- /ˈɪndiˌʁɛkt/
- [ˈɪndiˌʁɛkt]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to indirekt
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is indirekt in German?
indirekt appears 11 times per million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).