unentzifferbar
[ˈʊnʔɛntˌt͡sɪfɐbaːɐ̯]
The verdict
“unentzifferbar” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 14
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - unmöglich zu entziffern
Corpus desk
Index DE-unentzifferbar · unentzifferbar · German
unentzifferbar · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 14 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 | unentzifferbar |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [ˈʊnʔɛntˌt͡sɪfɐbaːɐ̯] |
| Letters | 14 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „unentzifferbar“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
unentzifferbar is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ˈʊnʔɛntˌt͡sɪfɐbaːɐ̯]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "unmöglich zu entziffern".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for unentzifferbar, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our dataset records no confusable match here, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is unentzifferbar, spelled U-N-E-N-T-Z-I-F-F-E-R-B-A-R.
Definition
- 1unmöglich zu entziffern
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how unentzifferbar appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Das Gefäß wies einen Durchmesser von etwa zehn Zentimetern und einen breiten Rand auf, verziert mit schnörkeligen, unentzifferbaren Zeichen, die wie mit Säure tief eingeätzt waren.“
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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.