inkonsistent
[ˈɪnkɔnzɪstɛnt]
The verdict
“inkonsistent” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 12
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - (in sich) widersprüchlich
Corpus desk
Index DE-inkonsistent · inkonsistent · German
inkonsistent · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 12 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 | inkonsistent |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [ˈɪnkɔnzɪstɛnt] |
| Letters | 12 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „inkonsistent“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
inkonsistent is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ˈɪnkɔnzɪstɛnt]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for inkonsistent in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is inkonsistent, spelled I-N-K-O-N-S-I-S-T-E-N-T.
Definition
- 1(in sich) widersprüchlich
- 2nicht lange während, ohne Bestand oder Dauer
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how inkonsistent appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„‚Die Beklagten [Vorstandsvorsitzenden der Deutschen Bank] haben … im Verfahren nachweislich falsch vorgetragen‘, schrieben die OLG-Richter um den angriffslustigen Vorsitzenden Guido Kotschy in ihrer 116 Seiten starken Begründung. […] Fitschens Aussage sei schlicht ‚inkonsistent‘.“
Besonders inkonsistent sind die [Ergebnisse medizinischer] Untersuchungen, die den direkten Erfolg einer homöopathischen Behandlung auf ein Leitsymptom wie zum Beispiel Kopfschmerzen nachweisen wollen. […] 18 Patienten führten über diesen Zeitraum ein Kopfschmerztagebuch. Allen ging es besser – unabhängig davon, zu welcher Gruppe [Placebo oder homöapathis…
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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.