ungeboren
[ˈʊnɡəˌboːʁən]
The verdict
“ungeboren” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - (noch) nicht auf die Welt gekommen; (noch) im Mutterleib befindlich
Corpus desk
Index DE-ungeboren · ungeboren · German
ungeboren · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 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 | ungeboren |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [ˈʊnɡəˌboːʁən] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „ungeboren“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
ungeboren is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ˈʊnɡəˌboːʁən]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "(noch) nicht auf die Welt gekommen; (noch) im Mutterleib befindlich".
No generated misspelling entries exist for ungeboren 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, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is ungeboren, spelled U-N-G-E-B-O-R-E-N.
Definition
- 1(noch) nicht auf die Welt gekommen; (noch) im Mutterleib befindlich
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how ungeboren appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Seit den 1960er Jahren untersuchen Gynäkologen die Anatomie des ungeborenen Kindes in der Gebärmutter mit Hilfe von Ultraschall.“
„Das Fruchtwasser wird einerseits über die Eihäute wieder aufgenommen, andererseits vom ungeborenen Kind geschluckt und gelangt über den Darm in den Blutkreislauf.“
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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.