Inkontinenz
[ˈɪnkɔntinɛnt͡s]
The verdict
“Inkontinenz” is uncommon German (frequency #55,439 among 1,488 “I” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #55,439
- frequency rank, German
- 1,488
- “I” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Unfähigkeit, etwas zurückhalten zu können
Corpus desk
Index DE-inkontinenz · Inkontinenz · German
Inkontinenz · rank #55,439 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #55,439
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,488
- PHOTO-FINISH induziert
Nearest frequency peer: induziert (-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 „Inkontinenz“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Inbrunst
Inbrunst
44,565 corpus weight
- Indios
Indios
44,564 corpus weight
- induziert
induziert
44,563 corpus weight
- Inkontinenz
Inkontinenz
44,562 corpus weight
- Innenräumen
Innenräumen
44,561 corpus weight
- Insolvenzve…
Insolvenzverfahrens
44,560 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Inkontinenz“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Inkontinenz |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈɪnkɔntinɛnt͡s] |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #55,439 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Inkontinenz“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Inkontinenz is uncommon German at frequency #55,439 among 1,488 “I” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈɪnkɔntinɛnt͡s]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No generated misspelling entries exist for Inkontinenz in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
No documented word history exists for this headword, 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 Inkontinenz, spelled I-N-K-O-N-T-I-N-E-N-Z.
Definition
- 1Unfähigkeit, etwas zurückhalten zu können
- 2Unfähigkeit, den Harn zurückhalten zu können
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Inkontinenz appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Inkontinenzen können unterschiedliche Ursachen haben.
Er leidet seit einigen Jahren an Inkontinenz.
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Antonyms
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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.
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