kongenital

[kɔŋɡeniˈtaːl]

/[kɔŋɡeniˈtaːl]/ adj

The verdict

“kongenital” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. 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) - bereits bei der Geburt bestehend

Corpus desk

Index DE-kongenital · kongenital · German

kongenital · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "K" 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 kongenital
PropertyValue
Headwordkongenital
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdjective
IPA[kɔŋɡeniˈtaːl]
Letters10
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „kongenital“ im Deutschen

kongenitalliegt außerhalb der 100.000 häufigsten deutschen Wörter, im Langschwanz technischer, archaischer oder seltener Formen, genau dort, wo Schreibzweifeln zuschlagen.

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

Rare enough to double-check

kongenital is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed [kɔŋɡeniˈtaːl]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "bereits bei der Geburt bestehend".

No generated misspelling entries exist for kongenital in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is kongenital, spelled K-O-N-G-E-N-I-T-A-L.

Definition

  1. 1
    bereits bei der Geburt bestehend

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. In England werden die kongenitalen Röteln seit 1990 durch die entsprechende "British Paediatric Surveillance Unit" erfasst.
  2. Das kongenitale Schielsyndrom […] ist eine angeborene Erkrankung der Augenbewegung, die aus einem umfangreichen Symptomkomplex besteht.

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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 "kongenital"?
"kongenital" is spelled K-O-N-G-E-N-I-T-A-L. The IPA pronunciation is [kɔŋɡeniˈtaːl].
What does "kongenital" mean?
As an adjective, "kongenital" means: bereits bei der Geburt bestehend
How do you pronounce "kongenital"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "kongenital" is [kɔŋɡeniˈtaːl]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "kongenital" come from?
"kongenital" 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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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list