inkompetenten

[ˈɪnkɔmpəˌtɛntn̩]

/[ˈɪnkɔmpəˌtɛntn̩]/ adj

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The verdict

“inkompetenten” is uncommon German (frequency #78,147 among 1,488 “I” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#78,147
frequency rank, German
1,488
“I” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Genitiv Singular Maskulinum der starken Flexion des Positivs des Adjektivs inkompetent

Corpus desk

Index DE-inkompetenten · inkompetenten · German

inkompetenten · rank #78,147 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #78,147
  • LEN-MEGA 13 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,488
  • PHOTO-FINISH inhuman

Nearest frequency peer: inhuman (-1 rank slots)

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.

Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „inkompetenten“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „inkompetenten“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for inkompetenten
PropertyValue
Headwordinkompetenten
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdjective
IPA[ˈɪnkɔmpəˌtɛntn̩]
Letters13
Frequency rank#78,147
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „inkompetenten“ im Deutschen

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.inkompetentenfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „inhuman“ (#78,146), „Inlandsgeheimdienst“ (#78,148), „Informationsstelle“ (#78,145). Unter 1,488 „I“-Lemmata liegt „inkompetenten“ bei #78,147. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

inkompetenten is uncommon German at frequency #78,147 among 1,488 “I” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ˈɪnkɔmpəˌtɛntn̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 12 senses are on record.

We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for inkompetenten, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

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 inkompetenten, spelled I-N-K-O-M-P-E-T-E-N-T-E-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    Genitiv Singular Maskulinum der starken Flexion des Positivs des Adjektivs inkompetent
  2. 2
    Akkusativ Singular Maskulinum der starken Flexion des Positivs des Adjektivs inkompetent
  3. 3
    Genitiv Singular Neutrum der starken Flexion des Positivs des Adjektivs inkompetent
  4. 4
    Dativ Plural alle Genera der starken Flexion des Positivs des Adjektivs inkompetent
  5. 5
    Genitiv Singular alle Genera der schwachen Flexion des Positivs des Adjektivs inkompetent
  6. 6
    Dativ Singular alle Genera der schwachen Flexion des Positivs des Adjektivs inkompetent
  7. 7
    Akkusativ Singular Maskulinum der schwachen Flexion des Positivs des Adjektivs inkompetent
  8. 8
    Alle Kasus Plural alle Genera der schwachen Flexion des Positivs des Adjektivs inkompetent
  9. 9
    Genitiv Singular alle Genera der gemischten Flexion des Positivs des Adjektivs inkompetent
  10. 10
    Dativ Singular alle Genera der gemischten Flexion des Positivs des Adjektivs inkompetent
  11. 11
    Akkusativ Singular Maskulinum der gemischten Flexion des Positivs des Adjektivs inkompetent
  12. 12
    Alle Kasus Plural alle Genera der gemischten Flexion des Positivs des Adjektivs inkompetent

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "inkompetenten"?
"inkompetenten" is spelled I-N-K-O-M-P-E-T-E-N-T-E-N. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈɪnkɔmpəˌtɛntn̩].
What does "inkompetenten" mean?
As an adjective, "inkompetenten" means: Genitiv Singular Maskulinum der starken Flexion des Positivs des Adjektivs inkompetent
How do you pronounce "inkompetenten"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "inkompetenten" is [ˈɪnkɔmpəˌtɛntn̩]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "inkompetenten", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 13 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list