unerschwinglich

[ʊnʔɛɐ̯ˈʃvɪŋlɪç]

/[ʊnʔɛɐ̯ˈʃvɪŋlɪç]/ adj

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The verdict

“unerschwinglich” is uncommon German (frequency #89,714 among 2,159 “U” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#89,714
frequency rank, German
2,159
“U” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - so teuer, dass es sich jemand nicht leisten kann; zu teuer; nicht zu bezahlen

Corpus desk

Index DE-unerschwinglich · unerschwinglich · German

unerschwinglich · rank #89,714 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #89,714
  • LEN-MEGA 15 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,159
  • PHOTO-FINISH unerfreulichen

Nearest frequency peer: unerfreulichen (-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 „unerschwinglich“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for unerschwinglich
PropertyValue
Headwordunerschwinglich
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdjective
IPA[ʊnʔɛɐ̯ˈʃvɪŋlɪç]
Letters15
Frequency rank#89,714
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „unerschwinglich“ im Deutschen

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

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

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „unerfreulichen“ (#89,713), „unerschöpflichen“ (#89,715), „Unentschlossenheit“ (#89,712). Unter 2,159 „U“-Lemmata liegt „unerschwinglich“ bei #89,714. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

unerschwinglich is uncommon German at frequency #89,714 among 2,159 “U” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ʊnʔɛɐ̯ˈʃvɪŋlɪç]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "so teuer, dass es sich jemand nicht leisten kann; zu teuer; nicht zu bezahlen".

No misspelling variants are generated for unerschwinglich in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is unerschwinglich, spelled U-N-E-R-S-C-H-W-I-N-G-L-I-C-H.

Definition

  1. 1
    so teuer, dass es sich jemand nicht leisten kann; zu teuer; nicht zu bezahlen

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Die Mieten sind im Prenzlauer Berg so gestiegen, die sind für den Normalverdiener inzwischen unerschwinglich.
  2. „Ich verdiene nicht viel, ein Urlaub ist für uns seit Jahren unerschwinglich.“

Synonyms

unbezahlbar

Antonyms

erschwinglichbezahlbar

This word in other languages

exorbitant(English)inabordable(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 "unerschwinglich"?
"unerschwinglich" is spelled U-N-E-R-S-C-H-W-I-N-G-L-I-C-H. The IPA pronunciation is [ʊnʔɛɐ̯ˈʃvɪŋlɪç].
What does "unerschwinglich" mean?
As an adjective, "unerschwinglich" means: so teuer, dass es sich jemand nicht leisten kann; zu teuer; nicht zu bezahlen
How do you pronounce "unerschwinglich"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "unerschwinglich" is [ʊnʔɛɐ̯ˈʃvɪŋlɪç]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 15 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list