innert

[ˈɪnɐt]

/[ˈɪnɐt]/ prep

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The verdict

“innert” is uncommon German (frequency #52,178 among 1,488 “I” headwords), classed as a preposition. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#52,178
frequency rank, German
1,488
“I” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - binnen/innerhalb eines bestimmten Zeitraums, im Verlaufe einer bestimmten Zeit

Corpus desk

Index DE-innert · innert · German

innert · rank #52,178 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #52,178
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,488
  • PHOTO-FINISH innerparteili…

Nearest frequency peer: innerparteiliche (-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 „innert“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for innert
PropertyValue
Headwordinnert
LanguageGerman
Part of speechPreposition
IPA[ˈɪnɐt]
Letters6
Frequency rank#52,178
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „innert“ im Deutschen

Die Häufigkeit läuft von den wenigen Alltagswörtern (links) bis zur langen, seltenen Schwanzseite (rechts).innertfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „innerparteiliche“ (#52,177), „interdisziplinär“ (#52,179), „invisible“ (#52,180). Unter 1,488 „I“-Lemmata liegt „innert“ bei #52,178. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

innert is uncommon German at frequency #52,178 among 1,488 “I” headwords, classed as apreposition, transcribed [ˈɪnɐt]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "binnen/innerhalb eines bestimmten Zeitraums, im Verlaufe einer bestimmten Zeit".

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for innert, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

No documented word history exists 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 innert, spelled I-N-N-E-R-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    binnen/innerhalb eines bestimmten Zeitraums, im Verlaufe einer bestimmten Zeit

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how innert appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. „Der Internetkonzern Google will innert Wochenfrist prüfen, wie Verbesserungen an Street View umgesetzt werden können.“
  2. „Zum zweiten Mal innert vier Monaten ist der amerikanische Botschafter in Italien von Ministerpräsident Berlusconi zitiert worden.“

Synonyms

innerhalb

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 "innert"?
"innert" is spelled I-N-N-E-R-T. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈɪnɐt].
What does "innert" mean?
As a preposition, "innert" means: binnen/innerhalb eines bestimmten Zeitraums, im Verlaufe einer bestimmten Zeit
How do you pronounce "innert"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "innert" is [ˈɪnɐt]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "innert" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

hustet#52,167Homers#52,163hitman#52,157Hebung#52,149

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list