Skip to main content

inkompetent

German, adjective[ˈɪnkɔmpəˌtɛnt]

inkompetent is spelled I-N-K-O-M-P-E-T-E-N-T (11 letters) and appears 1.2 times per million words in written German, the 34,034th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Inkompetent is a German adjective meaning “incompetent” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “nicht kompetent, an Erfahrung mangelnd”.

What does inkompetent mean in English?

adjective

  1. 1

    incompetent

Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How German dictionaries define it

adjective: 1. nicht kompetent, an Erfahrung mangelnd

The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.

Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.

Forms of inkompetent

  • inkompetenter masculine nominative singular
  • am inkompetentesten superlative
  • inkompetente feminine nominative singular
  • inkompetentes neuter nominative singular
  • inkompetenten genitive masculine singular
  • inkompetentem dative masculine singular
  • der inkompetente definite includes-article masculine
  • die inkompetente definite feminine includes-article
  • das inkompetente definite includes-article neuter
  • die inkompetenten definite includes-article nominative
  • des inkompetenten definite genitive includes-article
  • der inkompetenten definite feminine genitive
  • dem inkompetenten dative definite includes-article

Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce inkompetent?

  • [ˈɪnkɔmpəˌtɛnt]
  • [ˌɪnkɔmpəˈtɛnt]

Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

English words that translate to inkompetent

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is inkompetent in German?

inkompetent appears 1.2 times per million words in written German.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

What to look up after inkompetent