Unanständigkeit
[ˈʊnʔanˌʃtɛndɪçkaɪ̯t]
The verdict
“Unanständigkeit” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 15
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - etwas gegen die guten Sitten Verstoßendes
Corpus desk
Index DE-unanstandigkeit · Unanständigkeit · German
Unanständigkeit · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 15 letters
- VOW-6 6 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "U" 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 | Unanständigkeit |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈʊnʔanˌʃtɛndɪçkaɪ̯t] |
| Letters | 15 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Unanständigkeit“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Unanständigkeit is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈʊnʔanˌʃtɛndɪçkaɪ̯t]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "etwas gegen die guten Sitten Verstoßendes".
Unanständigkeit has no tracked misspelling variants, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is Unanständigkeit, spelled U-N-A-N-S-T-Ä-N-D-I-G-K-E-I-T.
Definition
- 1etwas gegen die guten Sitten Verstoßendes
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Unanständigkeit appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Bei dieser Art von Unanständigkeit verlor er jegliche Lust auf Romantik.
„Diese Verse, die ich trotz ihrer Unanständigkeit ausgezeichnet, witzig und gescheit fand, ließen mich hellauf lachen.“
Antonyms
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.