Kontingenz
[kɔntɪŋˈɡɛnt͡s]
The verdict
“Kontingenz” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. 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) - Möglichkeit der Auswahl aus Möglichkeiten
Corpus desk
Index DE-kontingenz · Kontingenz · German
Kontingenz · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-3 3 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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Kontingenz |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [kɔntɪŋˈɡɛnt͡s] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Kontingenz“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Kontingenz is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [kɔntɪŋˈɡɛnt͡s]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for Kontingenz in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, 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 Kontingenz, spelled K-O-N-T-I-N-G-E-N-Z.
Definition
- 1Möglichkeit der Auswahl aus Möglichkeiten
- 2Häufigkeit von gleichzeitig auftretenden oder sich gleich verhaltenden Merkmalen oder Sachverhalten
- 3Entwicklungspsychologie: Emotionale Feinabstimmung z.B. zwischen Mutter und Kind
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Kontingenz appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Alles, was sich im Bereich menschlicher Angelegenheiten abspielt – jedes Ereignis, jedes Geschehnis, jedes Faktum – könnte auch anders sein, und dieser Kontingenz sind keine Grenzen gesetzt.“
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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.