unbefahren
[ˈʊnbəˌfaːʁən]
The verdict
“unbefahren” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - nicht befahren, nicht von Fahrzeugen genutzt
Corpus desk
Index DE-unbefahren · unbefahren · German
unbefahren · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-4 4 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 | unbefahren |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [ˈʊnbəˌfaːʁən] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „unbefahren“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
unbefahren is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ˈʊnbəˌfaːʁən]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "nicht befahren, nicht von Fahrzeugen genutzt".
Zero misspellings are on record for unbefahren in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. 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.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, 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 unbefahren, spelled U-N-B-E-F-A-H-R-E-N.
Definition
- 1nicht befahren, nicht von Fahrzeugen genutzt
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how unbefahren appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Die Straße liegt so dunkel und unbefahren vor ihnen, dass sie glauben könnten, die einzigen Menschen auf der Welt zu sein.“
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.