lebensunwert
[ˈleːbn̩sˌʔʊnveːɐ̯t]
The verdict
“lebensunwert” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 12
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - nicht so, dass es machbar, vielleicht sogar angenehm und zuträglich (lebenswert) ist
Corpus desk
Index DE-lebensunwert · lebensunwert · German
lebensunwert · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "L" 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 | lebensunwert |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [ˈleːbn̩sˌʔʊnveːɐ̯t] |
| Letters | 12 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „lebensunwert“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
lebensunwert is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ˈleːbn̩sˌʔʊnveːɐ̯t]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for lebensunwert, 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, 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 lebensunwert, spelled L-E-B-E-N-S-U-N-W-E-R-T.
Definition
- 1nicht so, dass es machbar, vielleicht sogar angenehm und zuträglich (lebenswert) ist
- 2nicht zur Rassenhygiene passend und deshalb als nicht wert erachtet, am Leben zu bleiben oder geboren zu werden
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how lebensunwert appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Und plötzlich fand sie sich in einer unlebenswerten Gegenwart wieder.
„Neben rassenhygienischen Vorstellungen der Eugenik wurden kriegswirtschaftliche Erwägungen während des Zweiten Weltkrieges zur Begründung der Vernichtung lebensunwerten Lebens herangezogen.“
Antonyms
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.