insurgent

[ɪnˈsəːdʒ(ə)nt]

/[ɪnˈsəːdʒ(ə)nt]/ adj

The verdict

“insurgent” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency German
9
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - aufständisch, rebellisch

Corpus desk

Index DE-insurgent · insurgent · German

insurgent · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-LONG 9 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.

Key facts for insurgent
PropertyValue
Headwordinsurgent
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdjective
IPA[ɪnˈsəːdʒ(ə)nt]
Letters9
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „insurgent“ im Deutschen

insurgentsitzt jenseits der 100.000 häufigsten deutschen Formen, im Schwanz spezialisierten oder seltenen Wortschatzes.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

insurgent is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ɪnˈsəːdʒ(ə)nt]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "aufständisch, rebellisch".

No misspelling variants are generated for insurgent in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is insurgent, spelled I-N-S-U-R-G-E-N-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    aufständisch, rebellisch

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "insurgent"?
"insurgent" is spelled I-N-S-U-R-G-E-N-T. The IPA pronunciation is [ɪnˈsəːdʒ(ə)nt].
What does "insurgent" mean?
As an adjective, "insurgent" means: aufständisch, rebellisch
How do you pronounce "insurgent"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "insurgent" is [ɪnˈsəːdʒ(ə)nt]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "insurgent" come from?
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list