unerfreulich
[ˈʊnʔɛɐ̯ˌfʁɔɪ̯lɪç]
The verdict
“unerfreulich” is uncommon German (frequency #66,791 among 2,159 “U” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #66,791
- frequency rank, German
- 2,159
- “U” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - so, dass es keine Freude erweckt, sondern Ärger, Sorgen, Unbehagen bereitet
Corpus desk
Index DE-unerfreulich · unerfreulich · German
unerfreulich · rank #66,791 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #66,791
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,159
- PHOTO-FINISH Understatement
Nearest frequency peer: Understatement (-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 „unerfreulich“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- umrundet
umrundet
33,213 corpus weight
- umstrukturi…
umstrukturiert
33,212 corpus weight
- Understatem…
Understatement
33,211 corpus weight
- unerfreulich
unerfreulich
33,210 corpus weight
- ungelegen
ungelegen
33,208 corpus weight
- ungesättigt…
ungesättigten
33,207 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „unerfreulich“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | unerfreulich |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [ˈʊnʔɛɐ̯ˌfʁɔɪ̯lɪç] |
| Letters | 12 |
| Frequency rank | #66,791 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „unerfreulich“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
unerfreulich is uncommon German at frequency #66,791 among 2,159 “U” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ˈʊnʔɛɐ̯ˌfʁɔɪ̯lɪç]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "so, dass es keine Freude erweckt, sondern Ärger, Sorgen, Unbehagen bereitet".
Zero misspellings are on record for unerfreulich in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
No documented word history exists for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is unerfreulich, spelled U-N-E-R-F-R-E-U-L-I-C-H.
Definition
- 1so, dass es keine Freude erweckt, sondern Ärger, Sorgen, Unbehagen bereitet
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how unerfreulich appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Nach dem Fall des Eisernen Vorhangs habe Russland die neuen Realitäten akzeptieren müssen, und es habe ‚unerfreuliche Entwicklungen‘ an den Rändern der ehemaligen Sowjetunion gegeben.“
Antonyms
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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Frequency-ranked German headwords with 12 letters (nearest by frequency rank).