indirekte Rede
[ˈɪndiʁɛktə ˈʁeːdə]
The verdict
“indirekte Rede” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a phrase. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 14
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - syntaktisch von einem Verb des Sagens, Meinens etc. abhängige Wiedergabe der Rede einer Person
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Index DE-indirekte-rede · indirekte Rede · German
indirekte Rede · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 14 letters
- VOW-6 6 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 | indirekte Rede |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Phrase |
| IPA | [ˈɪndiʁɛktə ˈʁeːdə] |
| Letters | 14 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „indirekte Rede“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
indirekte Rede is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as aphrase, transcribed [ˈɪndiʁɛktə ˈʁeːdə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "syntaktisch von einem Verb des Sagens, Meinens etc. abhängige Wiedergabe der Rede einer Person".
No misspelling variants are generated for indirekte Rede in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is indirekte Rede, spelled I-N-D-I-R-E-K-T-E- -R-E-D-E.
Definition
- 1syntaktisch von einem Verb des Sagens, Meinens etc. abhängige Wiedergabe der Rede einer Person
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how indirekte Rede appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
In dem Satz "Hans sagte, es sei gut so" ist "es sei gut so" eine indirekte Rede. In indirekter Rede wird das, was jemand gesagt hat, nicht wortwörtlich, sondern in syntaktisch abhängiger Form wiedergegeben.
„Was ein anderer gesagt hat, können wir in zwei Formen wiedergeben: in direkter (wörtlicher) und in indirekter (abhängiger) Rede.“
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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.