u.
The verdict
“u.” is outside the top-ranked German vocabulary, used as an abbreviation - the kind of word writers most often double-check.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 2
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - und
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | u. |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Abbreviation |
| Letters | 2 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “u.” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for u. is 2 letters long, classified as an abbreviation. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
u. doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is u., spelled U-..
Definition
- 1und
- 2unpaginiert
- 3unten, unterer, untere, unteres
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.
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Using “u.”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is U-. - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Browse more German words and confusable pairs in the same reference. German words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.