unfortunately
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The verdict
“unfortunately” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adverb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 13
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Ausdruck des Bedauerns
Corpus desk
Index DE-unfortunately · unfortunately · German
unfortunately · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 13 letters
- VOW-6 6 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 | unfortunately |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adverb |
| IPA | […] |
| Letters | 13 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „unfortunately“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
unfortunately is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anadverb, transcribed […]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Ausdruck des Bedauerns".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for unfortunately, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is unfortunately, spelled U-N-F-O-R-T-U-N-A-T-E-L-Y.
Definition
- 1Ausdruck des Bedauerns
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how unfortunately appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Unfortunately, prefilled syringes aren't available in all doses.“
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.