Undank
[ˈʊnˌdaŋk]
The verdict
“Undank” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 6
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - fehlende Dankbarkeit beziehungsweise Anerkennung (für eine erwiesene Wohltat)
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Index DE-undank · Undank · German
Undank · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 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 | Undank |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈʊnˌdaŋk] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Undank“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Undank is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈʊnˌdaŋk]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "fehlende Dankbarkeit beziehungsweise Anerkennung (für eine erwiesene Wohltat)".
Undank doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is Undank, spelled U-N-D-A-N-K.
Definition
- 1fehlende Dankbarkeit beziehungsweise Anerkennung (für eine erwiesene Wohltat)
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Undank appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Immanuel Kant hat das ›saure‹ Verdienst und das ›süße‹ Verdienst unterschieden. Letzteres beglücke den Verdienstvollen durch sein Tun selber (vgl. Genugtuung), der Lohn des Ersteren sei der Undank.“
„Hugo aber warf ihm Feigheit und Undank gegenüber dem König von England vor, der sie schließlich für ihre Dienste reich beschenkt habe.“
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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.