Intifada

[ˌɪntiˈfaːda]

/[ˌɪntiˈfaːda]/ noun

The verdict

“Intifada” is uncommon German (frequency #75,810 among 1,488 “I” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#75,810
frequency rank, German
1,488
“I” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - in den von Israel besetzten palästinensischen Gebieten (Westjordanland, Gazastreifen) aufgekommene gewaltsame Widerstandsbewegung

Corpus desk

Index DE-intifada · Intifada · German

Intifada · rank #75,810 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #75,810
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,488
  • PHOTO-FINISH International…

Nearest frequency peer: Internationalismus (-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 „Intifada“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Intifada
PropertyValue
HeadwordIntifada
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˌɪntiˈfaːda]
Letters8
Frequency rank#75,810
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Intifada“ im Deutschen

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).Intifadafällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Achse ist logarithmisch: jeder Tick markiert etwa zehnfach geringere Häufigkeit. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Internationalismus“ (#75,809), „Intransparenz“ (#75,811), „Interfaces“ (#75,808). Unter 1,488 „I“-Lemmata liegt „Intifada“ bei #75,810. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Intifada is uncommon German at frequency #75,810 among 1,488 “I” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˌɪntiˈfaːda]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "in den von Israel besetzten palästinensischen Gebieten (Westjordanland, Gazastreifen) aufgekommene gewaltsame Widerstandsbewegung".

Intifada has no tracked misspelling variants, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.

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 Intifada, spelled I-N-T-I-F-A-D-A.

Definition

  1. 1
    in den von Israel besetzten palästinensischen Gebieten (Westjordanland, Gazastreifen) aufgekommene gewaltsame Widerstandsbewegung

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. „Die Jahre gingen ins Land und mit ihnen die Intifada.“
  2. „Der Volksaufstand, der seit Ende September 2000 die Palästinensergebiete erfasst hat, machte der Welt von Anfang an seine symbolischen Bezüge deutlich: In den Medien, in der Öffentlichkeit, firmierte er bald unter dem Namen ‚Al-Aksa-Intifada‘. Die Bezeichnung taugt jedoch nicht als Schlüssel zum Verständnis der Ereignisse: Sie mag einen trügerischen Déjà…

This word in other languages

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 "Intifada"?
"Intifada" is spelled I-N-T-I-F-A-D-A. The IPA pronunciation is [ˌɪntiˈfaːda].
What does "Intifada" mean?
As a noun, "Intifada" means: in den von Israel besetzten palästinensischen Gebieten (Westjordanland, Gazastreifen) aufgekommene gewaltsame Widerstandsbewegung
How do you pronounce "Intifada"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Intifada" is [ˌɪntiˈfaːda]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Intifada" come from?
"Intifada" is a German word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list