Übeltat
[ˈyːbl̩ˌtaːt]
The verdict
“Übeltat” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - schreckliche, moralisch verwerfliche Handlung
Corpus desk
Index DE-ubeltat · Übeltat · German
Übeltat · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "Ü" 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 | Übeltat |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈyːbl̩ˌtaːt] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Übeltat“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Übeltat is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈyːbl̩ˌtaːt]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "schreckliche, moralisch verwerfliche Handlung".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for Übeltat, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology 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 Übeltat, spelled Ü-B-E-L-T-A-T.
Definition
- 1schreckliche, moralisch verwerfliche Handlung
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Übeltat appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Es ist eine Übeltat, sexuelle Handlungen an einer Person vorzunehmen, ohne dass diese damit einverstanden ist.
Antonyms
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.