unbewohnt

[ˈʊnbəˌvoːnt]

/[ˈʊnbəˌvoːnt]/ adj

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The verdict

“unbewohnt” is uncommon German (frequency #54,966 among 2,159 “U” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#54,966
frequency rank, German
2,159
“U” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - nicht bewohnt

Corpus desk

Index DE-unbewohnt · unbewohnt · German

unbewohnt · rank #54,966 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #54,966
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,159
  • PHOTO-FINISH Umweltbelastu…

Nearest frequency peer: Umweltbelastung (-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 „unbewohnt“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for unbewohnt
PropertyValue
Headwordunbewohnt
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdjective
IPA[ˈʊnbəˌvoːnt]
Letters9
Frequency rank#54,966
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „unbewohnt“ im Deutschen

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).unbewohntfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Achse ist logarithmisch: jeder Tick markiert etwa zehnfach geringere Häufigkeit. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Umweltbelastung“ (#54,965), „unechte“ (#54,967), „unehelichen“ (#54,968). Unter 2,159 „U“-Lemmata liegt „unbewohnt“ bei #54,966. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

unbewohnt is uncommon German at frequency #54,966 among 2,159 “U” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ˈʊnbəˌvoːnt]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "nicht bewohnt".

No misspelling variants are generated for unbewohnt in our index, 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 explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is unbewohnt, spelled U-N-B-E-W-O-H-N-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    nicht bewohnt

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Das Dorf ist unbewohnt.
  2. „In dem Konflikt geht es um mehr als eine Reihe größtenteils unbewohnter Inseln und Riffe.“

Synonyms

verlassenfreileer stehendunbesiedelt

Antonyms

bewohntbesiedelt

This word in other languages

uninhabited(English)deshabitado(Español)inhabité(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 "unbewohnt"?
"unbewohnt" is spelled U-N-B-E-W-O-H-N-T. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈʊnbəˌvoːnt].
What does "unbewohnt" mean?
As an adjective, "unbewohnt" means: nicht bewohnt
How do you pronounce "unbewohnt"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "unbewohnt" is [ˈʊnbəˌvoːnt]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "unbewohnt" come from?
"unbewohnt" is a German word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

ungeraden#54,970totlachen#54,949verdünnen#54,992testweise#54,939

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list