Ingrediens
[ɪnˈɡʁeːdi̯ɛns]
The verdict
“Ingrediens” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Zutat, Inhaltsstoff, besonders in Bezug auf eine Arznei, auf eine zubereitete Speise oder eines Drinks
Corpus desk
Index DE-ingrediens · Ingrediens · German
Ingrediens · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 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 | Ingrediens |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ɪnˈɡʁeːdi̯ɛns] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Ingrediens“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Ingrediens is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ɪnˈɡʁeːdi̯ɛns]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Zutat, Inhaltsstoff, besonders in Bezug auf eine Arznei, auf eine zubereitete Speise oder eines Drinks".
Ingrediens has no tracked misspelling variants, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Ingrediens, spelled I-N-G-R-E-D-I-E-N-S.
Definition
- 1Zutat, Inhaltsstoff, besonders in Bezug auf eine Arznei, auf eine zubereitete Speise oder eines Drinks
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Ingrediens appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Er sah jetzt, wie die Knaben silberne Gefäße herbeitrugen und sie auf das Tischchen neben dem Altar stellten. Es roch sogleich nach Ölen, Zichorie und allen möglichen Kräutern. Fieberhaft arbeitete der Priester und mischte die Ingredienzien durcheinander.“
„Allein die Geschichte Lydias hatte alle dramatischen und mysteriösen Ingredienzien, die ich von einer Liebe in Jericho erwartete.“
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.