interkontinental

[ˌɪntɐkɔntinɛnˈtaːl]

/[ˌɪntɐkɔntinɛnˈtaːl]/ adj

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The verdict

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

Unranked
below top-frequency German
16
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - zwischen den Kontinenten befindlich

Corpus desk

Index DE-interkontinental · interkontinental · German

interkontinental · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-MEGA 16 letters
  • VOW-6 6 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 interkontinental
PropertyValue
Headwordinterkontinental
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdjective
IPA[ˌɪntɐkɔntinɛnˈtaːl]
Letters16
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “interkontinental” sits in German frequency

interkontinentalranks outside the top 100,000 German headwords, in the long tail of specialist, archaic, or seldom-used vocabulary, exactly the territory where a reader stops mid-sentence to double-check spelling.

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

Rare enough to double-check

interkontinental is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ˌɪntɐkɔntinɛnˈtaːl]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

interkontinental doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is interkontinental, spelled I-N-T-E-R-K-O-N-T-I-N-E-N-T-A-L.

Definition

  1. 1
    zwischen den Kontinenten befindlich
  2. 2
    mehrere Kontinente betreffend

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. „Durch ihre Lage auf halbem Weg nach Ostasien sind die Hawaii-Inseln der wichtigste pazifische Stützpunkt der USA; Honolulu ist Zwischenlandeplatz des interkontinentalen Luftverkehrs und Haupthafen (Kriegshafen Pearl Harbor, US-Marinebasis seit 1887).“
  2. „Der Weltpokal […] war ein interkontinentaler Fußballwettbewerb, der zwischen 1960 und 2004 jährlich zwischen dem Gewinner der europäischen Champions League (bis 1992 Europapokal der Landesmeister) und dem Gewinner der südamerikanischen Copa Libertadores ausgespielt wurde.“

This word in other languages

intercontinental(English)intercontinental(Español)

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.

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Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "interkontinental"?
"interkontinental" is spelled I-N-T-E-R-K-O-N-T-I-N-E-N-T-A-L. The IPA pronunciation is [ˌɪntɐkɔntinɛnˈtaːl].
What does "interkontinental" mean?
As an adjective, "interkontinental" means: zwischen den Kontinenten befindlich
How do you pronounce "interkontinental"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "interkontinental" is [ˌɪntɐkɔntinɛnˈtaːl]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
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Data Source

Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list