ingeniös
[ɪnɡeˈni̯øːs]
The verdict
“ingeniös” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. 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) - mit hohem geistigen, schöpferischen Potenzial
Corpus desk
Index DE-ingenios · ingeniös · German
ingeniös · 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 | ingeniös |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [ɪnɡeˈni̯øːs] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „ingeniös“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
ingeniös is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ɪnɡeˈni̯øːs]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "mit hohem geistigen, schöpferischen Potenzial".
ingeniös doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is ingeniös, spelled I-N-G-E-N-I-Ö-S.
Definition
- 1mit hohem geistigen, schöpferischen Potenzial
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how ingeniös appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Auf ingeniöse Weise konstruierte er eine dermaßen komplexe Handlung in seinen Roman, sodass hier beim Leser volle Konzentration gefordert ist.
Aus ihren präzisen Korbflechtarbeiten entstehen ingeniös, ohne Verwendung anderer Materialien, mannshohe Skulpturen.
This word in other languages
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.