Notunterkunft
[ˈnoːtʔʊntɐˌkʊnft]
The verdict
“Notunterkunft” is uncommon German (frequency #71,666 among 1,954 “N” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #71,666
- frequency rank, German
- 1,954
- “N” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - behelfsmäßiger Wohnraum
Corpus desk
Index DE-notunterkunft · Notunterkunft · German
Notunterkunft · rank #71,666 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #71,666
- LEN-MEGA 13 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,954
- PHOTO-FINISH Notrufnummer
Nearest frequency peer: Notrufnummer (-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 „Notunterkunft“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Nippeln
Nippeln
28,339 corpus weight
- Nordmann
Nordmann
28,337 corpus weight
- Notrufnummer
Notrufnummer
28,336 corpus weight
- Notunterkun…
Notunterkunft
28,335 corpus weight
- nouvelles
nouvelles
28,334 corpus weight
- NRA
NRA
28,333 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Notunterkunft“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Notunterkunft |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈnoːtʔʊntɐˌkʊnft] |
| Letters | 13 |
| Frequency rank | #71,666 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Notunterkunft“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Notunterkunft is uncommon German at frequency #71,666 among 1,954 “N” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈnoːtʔʊntɐˌkʊnft]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "behelfsmäßiger Wohnraum".
No generated misspelling entries exist for Notunterkunft in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is Notunterkunft, spelled N-O-T-U-N-T-E-R-K-U-N-F-T.
Definition
- 1behelfsmäßiger Wohnraum
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Notunterkunft appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Innen- und Sozialbehörde hätten sich mit den Hamburger Hilfsorganisationen zu diesem Schritt entschieden, weil die im November geschaffenen Notunterkünfte schon jetzt an ihre Kapazitätsgrenzen gestoßen seien.“
„Auf der Eninger Weide sind Notunterkünfte entstanden, in denen die Aussiedler bleiben können, bis sie im Landkreis Reutlingen Wohnraum gefunden haben.“
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.
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