Tunichtgut
[ˈtuːniçtɡuːt]
The verdict
“Tunichtgut” 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) - jemand, der allerlei ungehörige und nichtsnutzige Dinge treibt
Corpus desk
Index DE-tunichtgut · Tunichtgut · German
Tunichtgut · 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 "T" 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 | Tunichtgut |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈtuːniçtɡuːt] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Tunichtgut“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Tunichtgut is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈtuːniçtɡuːt]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "jemand, der allerlei ungehörige und nichtsnutzige Dinge treibt".
Zero misspellings are on record for Tunichtgut in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. Our dataset records no confusable match here, 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 Tunichtgut, spelled T-U-N-I-C-H-T-G-U-T.
Definition
- 1jemand, der allerlei ungehörige und nichtsnutzige Dinge treibt
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Tunichtgut appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Zwei Tunichtgute wurden jüngst dabei ertappt, wie sie Obst aus dem Pfarrgarten stahlen.
„Apollo Robbins war ein ausgemachter Tunichtgut, ganz ähnlich wie seine missratenen Halbbrüder…“
This word in other languages
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.