inschallah
[ɪnˈʃala]
The verdict
“inschallah” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as an interjection. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - »so Allah will«, ein auf ein baldiges Geschehen bezogener Ausdruck der Muslime
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Index DE-inschallah · inschallah · German
inschallah · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-3 3 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 | inschallah |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Interjection |
| IPA | [ɪnˈʃala] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „inschallah“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
inschallah is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as aninterjection, transcribed [ɪnˈʃala]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "»so Allah will«, ein auf ein baldiges Geschehen bezogener Ausdruck der Muslime".
Zero misspellings are on record for inschallah 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.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is inschallah, spelled I-N-S-C-H-A-L-L-A-H.
Definition
- 1»so Allah will«, ein auf ein baldiges Geschehen bezogener Ausdruck der Muslime
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how inschallah appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„»Inschallah,« sagte der Kalif zu sich selbst, »ich werde endlich doch noch mit Dir quitt werden.«“
„Nachdem es gelungen, sie zu überzeugen, daß das Brot auch bei Nacht gebacken werden könne, versprechen sie endlich, morgen bei Tagesgrauen auf dem Boot zu sein – »inschallah!« (»wenn es Gottes Wille ist!«) – ein unter Umständen ebenso frommer als bedenklicher Beisatz.“
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.