Unfruchtbarkeit

[ˈʊnfʁʊxtbaːɐ̯kaɪ̯t]

/[ˈʊnfʁʊxtbaːɐ̯kaɪ̯t]/ noun

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The verdict

“Unfruchtbarkeit” is uncommon German (frequency #62,012 among 2,159 “U” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#62,012
frequency rank, German
2,159
“U” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - landwirtschaftliche Unnutzbarkeit, Unfähigkeit zum Erzeugen von landwirtschaftlichen Erträgen

Corpus desk

Index DE-unfruchtbarkeit · Unfruchtbarkeit · German

Unfruchtbarkeit · rank #62,012 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #62,012
  • LEN-MEGA 15 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,159
  • PHOTO-FINISH unfreundliche

Nearest frequency peer: unfreundliche (-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 „Unfruchtbarkeit“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Unfruchtbarkeit
PropertyValue
HeadwordUnfruchtbarkeit
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈʊnfʁʊxtbaːɐ̯kaɪ̯t]
Letters15
Frequency rank#62,012
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Unfruchtbarkeit“ im Deutschen

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.Unfruchtbarkeitfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Achse ist logarithmisch: jeder Tick markiert etwa zehnfach geringere Häufigkeit. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „unfreundliche“ (#62,011), „ungestüm“ (#62,013), „Unfallopfer“ (#62,010). Unter 2,159 „U“-Lemmata liegt „Unfruchtbarkeit“ bei #62,012. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Unfruchtbarkeit is uncommon German at frequency #62,012 among 2,159 “U” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈʊnfʁʊxtbaːɐ̯kaɪ̯t]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

Unfruchtbarkeit has no tracked misspelling variants, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, 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 Unfruchtbarkeit, spelled U-N-F-R-U-C-H-T-B-A-R-K-E-I-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    landwirtschaftliche Unnutzbarkeit, Unfähigkeit zum Erzeugen von landwirtschaftlichen Erträgen
  2. 2
    fehlende Fortpflanzungsfähigkeit, Unfähigkeit zum Zeugen von Nachwuchs

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. „Wenn Sade Dawodu so unter ihrer Unfruchtbarkeit gelitten hat, warum war sie dann sterilisiert?“

Synonyms

Impotenz

Antonyms

Fruchtbarkeit

This word in other languages

infertility(English)infertilité(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 "Unfruchtbarkeit"?
"Unfruchtbarkeit" is spelled U-N-F-R-U-C-H-T-B-A-R-K-E-I-T. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈʊnfʁʊxtbaːɐ̯kaɪ̯t].
What does "Unfruchtbarkeit" mean?
As a noun, "Unfruchtbarkeit" means: landwirtschaftliche Unnutzbarkeit, Unfähigkeit zum Erzeugen von landwirtschaftlichen Erträgen
How do you pronounce "Unfruchtbarkeit"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Unfruchtbarkeit" is [ˈʊnfʁʊxtbaːɐ̯kaɪ̯t]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Unfruchtbarkeit" come from?
"Unfruchtbarkeit" is a German word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

umfangreichsten#62,003Unterstützungen#62,021Unterversorgung#62,022Treibhauseffekt#61,999

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list