Indolenz
[ɪndoˈlɛnt͡s]
The verdict
“Indolenz” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. 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) - geistige Trägheit und Gleichgültigkeit
Corpus desk
Index DE-indolenz · Indolenz · German
Indolenz · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 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 | Indolenz |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ɪndoˈlɛnt͡s] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Indolenz“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Indolenz is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ɪndoˈlɛnt͡s]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Indolenz, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is Indolenz, spelled I-N-D-O-L-E-N-Z.
Definition
- 1geistige Trägheit und Gleichgültigkeit
- 2Unempfindlichkeit, Gleichgültigkeit gegenüber Schmerz (physisch, als auch psychisch)
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Indolenz appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
So forciert der Staat durch die Einsparung bei den öffentlichen Bibliotheken eine Indolenz seiner Bürger.
„Man schien bei ihrer Errichtung weniger den Geschmack als einen gewissen Hang zur Indolenz berücksichtigt und sich beim Aufbau nichts weniger als hart angestrengt zu haben.“
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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.