Unabhängigkeitserklärung

[ˈʊnʔaphɛŋɪçkaɪ̯t͡sʔɛɐ̯ˌklɛːʁʊŋ]

/[ˈʊnʔaphɛŋɪçkaɪ̯t͡sʔɛɐ̯ˌklɛːʁʊŋ]/ noun

The verdict

“Unabhängigkeitserklärung” is uncommon German (frequency #51,765 among 30,279 “U” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#51,765
frequency rank, German
30,279
“U” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Dokument oder eine Handlung, mit dem Einwohner eines bisher von einem anderen Staat beherrschten Gebietes, meist einer Kolonie, ihre politische Unabhängigkeit verkünden

Key facts for Unabhängigkeitserklärung
PropertyValue
HeadwordUnabhängigkeitserklärung
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈʊnʔaphɛŋɪçkaɪ̯t͡sʔɛɐ̯ˌklɛːʁʊŋ]
Letters24
Frequency rank#51,765
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “Unabhängigkeitserklärung” sits in German frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). Unabhängigkeitserklärung lands here:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Unabhängigkeitserklärung is uncommon German at frequency #51,765 among 30,279 “U” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈʊnʔaphɛŋɪçkaɪ̯t͡sʔɛɐ̯ˌklɛːʁʊŋ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Dokument oder eine Handlung, mit dem Einwohner eines bisher von einem anderen Staat beherrschten Gebietes, meist einer Kolonie, ihre politische Unabhängigkeit verkünden".

Unabhängigkeitserklärung has no tracked misspelling variants, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

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 Unabhängigkeitserklärung, spelled U-N-A-B-H-Ä-N-G-I-G-K-E-I-T-S-E-R-K-L-Ä-R-U-N-G.

Definition

  1. 1
    Dokument oder eine Handlung, mit dem Einwohner eines bisher von einem anderen Staat beherrschten Gebietes, meist einer Kolonie, ihre politische Unabhängigkeit verkünden

Antonyms

Abhängigkeitserklärung

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Unabhängigkeitserklärung"?
"Unabhängigkeitserklärung" is spelled U-N-A-B-H-Ä-N-G-I-G-K-E-I-T-S-E-R-K-L-Ä-R-U-N-G. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈʊnʔaphɛŋɪçkaɪ̯t͡sʔɛɐ̯ˌklɛːʁʊŋ].
What does "Unabhängigkeitserklärung" mean?
As a noun, "Unabhängigkeitserklärung" means: Dokument oder eine Handlung, mit dem Einwohner eines bisher von einem anderen Staat beherrschten Gebietes, meist einer Kolonie, ihre politische Unabhängigkeit verkünden
How do you pronounce "Unabhängigkeitserklärung"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Unabhängigkeitserklärung" is [ˈʊnʔaphɛŋɪçkaɪ̯t͡sʔɛɐ̯ˌklɛːʁʊŋ]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Unabhängigkeitserklärung" come from?
"Unabhängigkeitserklärung" is a German word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Using “Unabhängigkeitserklärung”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct German spelling is U-N-A-B-H-Ä-N-G-I-G-K-E-I-T-S-E-R-K-L-Ä-R-U-N-G - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as [ˈʊnʔaphɛŋɪçkaɪ̯t͡sʔɛɐ̯ˌklɛːʁʊŋ] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
  • Browse more German words and confusable pairs in the same reference. German words

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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.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list FrequencyWords open word-frequency list