unfreundlichen

[ˈʊnfʁɔɪ̯ntlɪçn̩]

/[ˈʊnfʁɔɪ̯ntlɪçn̩]/ adj

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The verdict

“unfreundlichen” is an uncommon German word, ranked #76,313 in German word frequency and used as an adjective.

#76,313
frequency rank, German
14
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) — Genitiv Singular Maskulinum der starken Flexion des Adjektivs unfreundlich

Key facts for unfreundlichen
PropertyValue
Headwordunfreundlichen
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdjective
IPA[ˈʊnfʁɔɪ̯ntlɪçn̩]
Letters14
Frequency rank#76,313
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “unfreundlichen” 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). unfreundlichen 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 unfreundlichen is 14 letters long, classified as an adjective, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈʊnfʁɔɪ̯ntlɪçn̩]. Corpus data places it at rank #76,313 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 20 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

No misspelling variants are generated for unfreundlichen in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct German form is unfreundlichen, spelled U-N-F-R-E-U-N-D-L-I-C-H-E-N, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Genitiv Singular Maskulinum der starken Flexion des Adjektivs unfreundlich
  2. 2
    Akkusativ Singular Maskulinum der starken Flexion des Adjektivs unfreundlich
  3. 3
    Genitiv Singular Neutrum der starken Flexion des Adjektivs unfreundlich
  4. 4
    Dativ Plural der starken Flexion des Adjektivs unfreundlich
  5. 5
    Genitiv Singular Maskulinum der schwachen Flexion des Adjektivs unfreundlich
  6. 6
    Dativ Singular Maskulinum der schwachen Flexion des Adjektivs unfreundlich
  7. 7
    Akkusativ Singular Maskulinum der schwachen Flexion des Adjektivs unfreundlich
  8. 8
    Genitiv Singular Femininum der schwachen Flexion des Adjektivs unfreundlich
  9. 9
    Dativ Singular Femininum der schwachen Flexion des Adjektivs unfreundlich
  10. 10
    Genitiv Singular Neutrum der schwachen Flexion des Adjektivs unfreundlich
  11. 11
    Dativ Singular Neutrum der schwachen Flexion des Adjektivs unfreundlich
  12. 12
    Plural der schwachen Flexion des Adjektivs unfreundlich
  13. 13
    Genitiv Singular Maskulinum der gemischten Flexion des Adjektivs unfreundlich
  14. 14
    Dativ Singular Maskulinum der gemischten Flexion des Adjektivs unfreundlich
  15. 15
    Akkusativ Singular Maskulinum der gemischten Flexion des Adjektivs unfreundlich
  16. 16
    Genitiv Singular Femininum der gemischten Flexion des Adjektivs unfreundlich
  17. 17
    Dativ Singular Femininum der gemischten Flexion des Adjektivs unfreundlich
  18. 18
    Genitiv Singular Neutrum der gemischten Flexion des Adjektivs unfreundlich
  19. 19
    Dativ Singular Neutrum der gemischten Flexion des Adjektivs unfreundlich
  20. 20
    Plural der gemischten Flexion des Adjektivs unfreundlich

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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Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "unfreundlichen"?
"unfreundlichen" is spelled U-N-F-R-E-U-N-D-L-I-C-H-E-N. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈʊnfʁɔɪ̯ntlɪçn̩].
What does "unfreundlichen" mean?
As an adjective, "unfreundlichen" means: Genitiv Singular Maskulinum der starken Flexion des Adjektivs unfreundlich
How do you pronounce "unfreundlichen"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "unfreundlichen" is [ˈʊnfʁɔɪ̯ntlɪçn̩]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
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Using “unfreundlichen”

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  • The one correct German spelling is U-N-F-R-E-U-N-D-L-I-C-H-E-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.

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