unbesehen
[ˈʊnbəzeːən]
The verdict
“unbesehen” is uncommon German (frequency #97,859 among 2,159 “U” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #97,859
- frequency rank, German
- 2,159
- “U” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - ohne etwas genauer angesehen oder geprüft zu haben
Corpus desk
Index DE-unbesehen · unbesehen · German
unbesehen · rank #97,859 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #97,859
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,159
- PHOTO-FINISH umzäunt
Nearest frequency peer: umzäunt (-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 „unbesehen“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- umschwenken
umschwenken
2,145 corpus weight
- umweltschon…
umweltschonend
2,144 corpus weight
- umzäunt
umzäunt
2,143 corpus weight
- unbesehen
unbesehen
2,142 corpus weight
- unbesetzte
unbesetzte
2,141 corpus weight
- unbewegliche
unbewegliche
2,140 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „unbesehen“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | unbesehen |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [ˈʊnbəzeːən] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #97,859 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „unbesehen“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
unbesehen is uncommon German at frequency #97,859 among 2,159 “U” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ˈʊnbəzeːən]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "ohne etwas genauer angesehen oder geprüft zu haben".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for unbesehen, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is unbesehen, spelled U-N-B-E-S-E-H-E-N.
Definition
- 1ohne etwas genauer angesehen oder geprüft zu haben
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how unbesehen appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Davon, daß die Würdigung der Übersetzung eine unbesehene Selbstverständlichkeit ist, kann indes keine Rede sein.
Vor allem müssen wir uns sehr vor einer unbesehenen Übertragung des Begriffes Entwicklungsland auf die kulturelle Zusammenarbeit hüten.
Synonyms
This word in other languages
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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