unbeweglich
[ˈʊnbəˌveːklɪç]
The verdict
“unbeweglich” is uncommon German (frequency #59,267 among 30,279 “U” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #59,267
- frequency rank, German
- 30,279
- “U” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - nicht in der Lage, sich zu bewegen oder bewegt zu werden
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | unbeweglich |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [ˈʊnbəˌveːklɪç] |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #59,267 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “unbeweglich” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
unbeweglich is uncommon German at frequency #59,267 among 30,279 “U” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ˈʊnbəˌveːklɪç]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 6 senses are on record.
unbeweglich doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, 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 unbeweglich, spelled U-N-B-E-W-E-G-L-I-C-H.
Definition
- 1nicht in der Lage, sich zu bewegen oder bewegt zu werden
- 2ein sich nicht verändernder Gesichtsausdruck / eine sich nicht verändernde Körperhaltung
- 3schwerfällig, auch: geistig schwerfällig; sich nur sehr langsam verändernd oder an etwas anpassend
- 4in Bezug auf Kapital und Investitionen: langfristig gebunden, angelegt, festgelegt
- 5angewendet auf große Organisationseinheiten: nicht in der Lage, sich veränderten Bedingungen anzupassen
- 6an einem feststehendem Datum
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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Using “unbeweglich”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is U-N-B-E-W-E-G-L-I-C-H - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.