unethisch

[ˈʊnˌʔeːtɪʃ]

/[ˈʊnˌʔeːtɪʃ]/ adj

The verdict

“unethisch” is an uncommon German word, ranked #83,420 in German word frequency and used as an adjective.

#83,420
frequency rank, German
9
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - nicht der Ethik und Moral entsprechend

Key facts for unethisch
PropertyValue
Headwordunethisch
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdjective
IPA[ˈʊnˌʔeːtɪʃ]
Letters9
Frequency rank#83,420
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “unethisch” sits in German frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). unethisch lands here:

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

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for unethisch is 9 letters long, classified as an adjective, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈʊnˌʔeːtɪʃ]. Corpus data places it at rank #83,420 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "nicht der Ethik und Moral entsprechend".

Zero misspellings are on record for unethisch in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, 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 unethisch, spelled U-N-E-T-H-I-S-C-H.

Definition

  1. 1
    nicht der Ethik und Moral entsprechend

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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 "unethisch"?
"unethisch" is spelled U-N-E-T-H-I-S-C-H. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈʊnˌʔeːtɪʃ].
What does "unethisch" mean?
As an adjective, "unethisch" means: nicht der Ethik und Moral entsprechend
How do you pronounce "unethisch"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "unethisch" is [ˈʊnˌʔeːtɪʃ]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "unethisch" come from?
"unethisch" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Using “unethisch”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct German spelling is U-N-E-T-H-I-S-C-H - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as [ˈʊnˌʔeːtɪʃ] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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Data Source

Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list FrequencyWords open word-frequency list