intimes

[ɪnˈtiːməs]

/[ɪnˈtiːməs]/ adj

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The verdict

“intimes” is uncommon German (frequency #60,704 among 1,488 “I” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#60,704
frequency rank, German
1,488
“I” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Nominativ Singular Neutrum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs intim

Corpus desk

Index DE-intimes · intimes · German

intimes · rank #60,704 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #60,704
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,488
  • PHOTO-FINISH Instrumentali…

Nearest frequency peer: Instrumentalisten (-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 „intimes“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for intimes
PropertyValue
Headwordintimes
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdjective
IPA[ɪnˈtiːməs]
Letters7
Frequency rank#60,704
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „intimes“ im Deutschen

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).intimesfällt 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: „Instrumentalisten“ (#60,703), „Iphigenie“ (#60,705), „Irrglaube“ (#60,706). Unter 1,488 „I“-Lemmata liegt „intimes“ bei #60,704. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

intimes is uncommon German at frequency #60,704 among 1,488 “I” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ɪnˈtiːməs]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.

Zero misspellings are on record for intimes in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is intimes, spelled I-N-T-I-M-E-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Nominativ Singular Neutrum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs intim
  2. 2
    Akkusativ Singular Neutrum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs intim
  3. 3
    Nominativ Singular Neutrum der gemischten Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs intim
  4. 4
    Akkusativ Singular Neutrum der gemischten Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs intim

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 "intimes"?
"intimes" is spelled I-N-T-I-M-E-S. The IPA pronunciation is [ɪnˈtiːməs].
What does "intimes" mean?
As an adjective, "intimes" means: Nominativ Singular Neutrum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs intim
How do you pronounce "intimes"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "intimes" is [ɪnˈtiːməs]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "intimes" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list