uncertainty
[ʌnˈsɜːtntɪ]
The verdict
“uncertainty” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 11
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Unsicherheit, Ungewissheit
Corpus desk
Index DE-uncertainty · uncertainty · German
uncertainty · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-5 5 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 | uncertainty |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ʌnˈsɜːtntɪ] |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „uncertainty“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
uncertainty is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ʌnˈsɜːtntɪ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for uncertainty in our 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.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is uncertainty, spelled U-N-C-E-R-T-A-I-N-T-Y.
Definition
- 1Unsicherheit, Ungewissheit
- 2Zweifelhaftigkeit
- 3Unzuverlässigkeit
- 4Unbeständigkeit
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.