indirekt

/[ˈɪndiˌʁɛkt]/ adj

Letters

8 characters

Frequency Rank

#6,672

in German word usage

Misspellings

12

tracked variants

Confusables

3

similar word pairs

indirekt is anGermanadj. It means: mit Umweg, unter Zuhilfenahme eines (Hilfs-)Mittels Pronounced [ˈɪndiˌʁɛkt]. It ranks #6,672 in German word frequency. Often confused with indirekte and indirekten.

Key facts for indirekt
PropertyValue
Headwordindirekt
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdj
IPA[ˈɪndiˌʁɛkt]
Letters8
Frequency rank#6,672
Misspellings tracked12
Confusable pairs3
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of indirekt in German word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for indirekt is 8 letters long, classified as anadj, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈɪndiˌʁɛkt]. Corpus data places it at rank #6,672 in overall German word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 12 documented wrong-spelling variants for indirekt, with forms such as "idnirekt", "inddirekt", and "indierkt". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 3 confusable-pair relationships, "indirekte", "indirekten", "indirekter", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct German form is indirekt, spelled I-N-D-I-R-E-K-T, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    mit Umweg, unter Zuhilfenahme eines (Hilfs-)Mittels
  2. 2
    nicht wortwörtlich gemeint

Antonyms

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: idnirekt,inddirekt,indierkt,indirekkt,indirektt,indiretk,indirket,indirrekt,indriekt,inidrekt,inndirekt,nidirekt

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for indirekt

Misspelling Variants of "indirekt"

idnirekt8inddirekt9indierkt8indirekkt9indirektt9indiretk8indirket8indirrekt9
Misspelling Variants of "indirekt"

Frequency rank: #6,672 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "indirekt"?
"indirekt" is spelled I-N-D-I-R-E-K-T. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈɪndiˌʁɛkt].
What does "indirekt" mean?
As an adj, "indirekt" means: mit Umweg, unter Zuhilfenahme eines (Hilfs-)Mittels
What words are commonly confused with "indirekt"?
"indirekt" is commonly confused with "indirekte", "indirekten", "indirekter". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "indirekt"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "indirekt" is [ˈɪndiˌʁɛkt]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "indirekt" come from?
"indirekt" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.