Inkongruenz
[ˈɪnkɔŋɡʁuɛnt͡s]
The verdict
“Inkongruenz” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 11
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Nichtübereinstimmung
Corpus desk
Index DE-inkongruenz · Inkongruenz · German
Inkongruenz · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 11 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 | Inkongruenz |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈɪnkɔŋɡʁuɛnt͡s] |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Inkongruenz“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Inkongruenz is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈɪnkɔŋɡʁuɛnt͡s]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
No generated misspelling entries exist for Inkongruenz in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is Inkongruenz, spelled I-N-K-O-N-G-R-U-E-N-Z.
Definition
- 1Nichtübereinstimmung
- 2fehlende Deckungsgleichheit
- 3Im Insolvenzrecht die fehlende Übereinstimmung einer Leistung mit einer zuvor bestehenden Verpflichtung des Leistenden (die – im Vergleich zu einer kongruenten Leistung – unter geringeren Voraussetzungen die Insolvenzanfechtung ermöglicht); vergleiche § 131 Insolvenzordnung
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Inkongruenz appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Das Unbewußte meldet sich an der sprachlichen Oberfläche als semantische Inkongruenz, die Rückschlüsse darauf zuläßt, was das Kind 'eigentlich' meint.“
„Inkongruenz, inkongruent Gegenteil von Kongruenz, kongruent. Inkongruenz ist z.B. gegeben, wenn die verbalen und die nonverbalen Signale nicht übereinstimmen.“
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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.