Inkompetenz
German, noun/ˈɪnkɔmpəˌtɛnt͡s/
Inkompetenz is spelled I-N-K-O-M-P-E-T-E-N-Z (11 letters) and appears 1.9 times per million words in written German, the 25,090th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Inkompetenz is a German feminine noun meaning “incompetence” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “mangelnde Fähigkeiten und Kenntnisse oder Befugnisse, fehlende Kompetenz”.
What does Inkompetenz mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineincompetence
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. mangelnde Fähigkeiten und Kenntnisse oder Befugnisse, fehlende Kompetenz
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 Inkompetenz
- Inkompetenzen plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Inkompetenz?
- /ˈɪnkɔmpəˌtɛnt͡s/
- [ˈɪnkɔmpəˌtɛnt͡s]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Inkompetenz
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Inkompetenz in German?
Inkompetenz appears 1.9 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).