berufsunfähig

[bəˈʁuːfsʔʊnˌfɛːɪç]

/[bəˈʁuːfsʔʊnˌfɛːɪç]/ adj

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The verdict

“berufsunfähig” is uncommon German (frequency #96,730 among 5,818 “B” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#96,730
frequency rank, German
5,818
“B” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - meist krankheits- oder unfallbedingt nicht dazu in der Lage, einen Beruf auszuüben

Corpus desk

Index DE-berufsunfahig · berufsunfähig · German

berufsunfähig · rank #96,730 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #96,730
  • LEN-MEGA 13 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,818
  • PHOTO-FINISH Berufsstandes

Nearest frequency peer: Berufsstandes (-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 „berufsunfähig“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for berufsunfähig
PropertyValue
Headwordberufsunfähig
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdjective
IPA[bəˈʁuːfsʔʊnˌfɛːɪç]
Letters13
Frequency rank#96,730
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „berufsunfähig“ im Deutschen

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

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

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Berufsstandes“ (#96,729), „Berufsaussichten“ (#96,728), „beschaulich“ (#96,732). Unter 5,818 „B“-Lemmata liegt „berufsunfähig“ bei #96,730. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

berufsunfähig is uncommon German at frequency #96,730 among 5,818 “B” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [bəˈʁuːfsʔʊnˌfɛːɪç]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "meist krankheits- oder unfallbedingt nicht dazu in der Lage, einen Beruf auszuüben".

berufsunfähig doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

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 berufsunfähig, spelled B-E-R-U-F-S-U-N-F-Ä-H-I-G.

Definition

  1. 1
    meist krankheits- oder unfallbedingt nicht dazu in der Lage, einen Beruf auszuüben

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Er ist durch einen Arbeitsunfall berufsunfähig geworden.

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 "berufsunfähig"?
"berufsunfähig" is spelled B-E-R-U-F-S-U-N-F-Ä-H-I-G. The IPA pronunciation is [bəˈʁuːfsʔʊnˌfɛːɪç].
What does "berufsunfähig" mean?
As an adjective, "berufsunfähig" means: meist krankheits- oder unfallbedingt nicht dazu in der Lage, einen Beruf auszuüben
How do you pronounce "berufsunfähig"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "berufsunfähig" is [bəˈʁuːfsʔʊnˌfɛːɪç]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "berufsunfähig" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 13 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Berufsstandes#96,729Benzinmotoren#96,726Bildungsreise#96,753aufgeworfenen#96,669

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list