Unaufmerksamkeit

[ˈʊnʔaʊ̯fˌmɛʁkzaːmkaɪ̯t]

/[ˈʊnʔaʊ̯fˌmɛʁkzaːmkaɪ̯t]/ noun

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The verdict

“Unaufmerksamkeit” is uncommon German (frequency #87,174 among 2,159 “U” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#87,174
frequency rank, German
2,159
“U” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - mangelnde Sorgfalt bei der gezielten Wahrnehmung der Umwelt

Corpus desk

Index DE-unaufmerksamkeit · Unaufmerksamkeit · German

Unaufmerksamkeit · rank #87,174 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #87,174
  • LEN-MEGA 16 letters
  • VOW-7 7 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,159
  • PHOTO-FINISH unausweichlic…

Nearest frequency peer: unausweichlichen (+1 rank slots)

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.

Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „Unaufmerksamkeit“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Unaufmerksamkeit“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Unaufmerksamkeit
PropertyValue
HeadwordUnaufmerksamkeit
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈʊnʔaʊ̯fˌmɛʁkzaːmkaɪ̯t]
Letters16
Frequency rank#87,174
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Unaufmerksamkeit“ im Deutschen

Die Häufigkeit läuft von den wenigen Alltagswörtern (links) bis zur langen, seltenen Schwanzseite (rechts).Unaufmerksamkeitfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „unausweichlichen“ (#87,175), „Unabhängigkeitsbewegung“ (#87,172), „unbegründeten“ (#87,176). Unter 2,159 „U“-Lemmata liegt „Unaufmerksamkeit“ bei #87,174. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Unaufmerksamkeit is uncommon German at frequency #87,174 among 2,159 “U” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈʊnʔaʊ̯fˌmɛʁkzaːmkaɪ̯t]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "mangelnde Sorgfalt bei der gezielten Wahrnehmung der Umwelt".

We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for Unaufmerksamkeit, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is Unaufmerksamkeit, spelled U-N-A-U-F-M-E-R-K-S-A-M-K-E-I-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    mangelnde Sorgfalt bei der gezielten Wahrnehmung der Umwelt

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how Unaufmerksamkeit appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. „Am 24. Dezember nutzten Requiem, Lucien und Malingeau die Unaufmerksamkeit ihrer Gastgeber und suchten das Weite.“
  2. „Eine Unaufmerksamkeit des Busfahrers war die Ursache für das Busunglück am 3. Juli auf der Autobahn9 in Oberfranken in der Nähe von Münchberg.“

Synonyms

UnachtsamkeitUnkonzentriertheit

Antonyms

AchtsamkeitAufmerksamkeitKonzentriertheit

This word in other languages

inattentiveness(English)inattention(Français)

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 "Unaufmerksamkeit"?
"Unaufmerksamkeit" is spelled U-N-A-U-F-M-E-R-K-S-A-M-K-E-I-T. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈʊnʔaʊ̯fˌmɛʁkzaːmkaɪ̯t].
What does "Unaufmerksamkeit" mean?
As a noun, "Unaufmerksamkeit" means: mangelnde Sorgfalt bei der gezielten Wahrnehmung der Umwelt
How do you pronounce "Unaufmerksamkeit"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Unaufmerksamkeit" is [ˈʊnʔaʊ̯fˌmɛʁkzaːmkaɪ̯t]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Unaufmerksamkeit" come from?
"Unaufmerksamkeit" 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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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Unaufmerksamkeit", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 16 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

unausweichlichen#87,175unkontrollierter#87,182Verdachtsmomente#87,210Verfassungsklage#87,212

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list