unbedacht
[ˈʊnbəˌdaxt]
The verdict
“unbedacht” is uncommon German (frequency #60,177 among 2,159 “U” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #60,177
- frequency rank, German
- 2,159
- “U” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - ohne vorheriges Nachdenken, nicht überdacht
Corpus desk
Index DE-unbedacht · unbedacht · German
unbedacht · rank #60,177 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #60,177
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,159
- PHOTO-FINISH umzubenennen
Nearest frequency peer: umzubenennen (-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 „unbedacht“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- umleiten
umleiten
39,827 corpus weight
- umzieht
umzieht
39,826 corpus weight
- umzubenennen
umzubenennen
39,825 corpus weight
- unbedacht
unbedacht
39,824 corpus weight
- unbefangen
unbefangen
39,823 corpus weight
- uneigennütz…
uneigennützig
39,821 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „unbedacht“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | unbedacht |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [ˈʊnbəˌdaxt] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #60,177 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „unbedacht“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
unbedacht is uncommon German at frequency #60,177 among 2,159 “U” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ˈʊnbəˌdaxt]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "ohne vorheriges Nachdenken, nicht überdacht".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for unbedacht, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is unbedacht, spelled U-N-B-E-D-A-C-H-T.
Definition
- 1ohne vorheriges Nachdenken, nicht überdacht
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how unbedacht appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
[COVID-19-Pandemie:] „Es wirkt heute fast bestürzend, wie fröhlich und unbedacht da Menschen singen, sechs Kandidaten auf der Bühne, aber auch das ganze Publikum, in einem geschlossenen Raum, ohne Sicherheitsabstand, wissen die nicht, was Aerosole sind?“
„Unmittelbar vor der Pause beging der schon zuvor verwarnte Gelson Fernandes ein zweites unbedachtes Foulspiel – und wurde zu Recht mit Gelb-Rot des Feldes verwiesen.“
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.
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