ungelesen
[ˈʊnɡəˌleːzn̩]
The verdict
“ungelesen” is uncommon German (frequency #64,812 among 2,159 “U” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #64,812
- frequency rank, German
- 2,159
- “U” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - nicht gelesen, noch nicht durchgelesen worden
Corpus desk
Index DE-ungelesen · ungelesen · German
ungelesen · rank #64,812 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #64,812
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,159
- PHOTO-FINISH ungehemmt
Nearest frequency peer: ungehemmt (-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 „ungelesen“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- unbändige
unbändige
35,193 corpus weight
- unechten
unechten
35,191 corpus weight
- ungehemmt
ungehemmt
35,190 corpus weight
- ungelesen
ungelesen
35,189 corpus weight
- unsozial
unsozial
35,187 corpus weight
- unteilbar
unteilbar
35,186 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „ungelesen“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | ungelesen |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [ˈʊnɡəˌleːzn̩] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #64,812 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „ungelesen“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
ungelesen is uncommon German at frequency #64,812 among 2,159 “U” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ˈʊnɡəˌleːzn̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "nicht gelesen, noch nicht durchgelesen worden".
ungelesen doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
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. The correct German form is ungelesen, spelled U-N-G-E-L-E-S-E-N.
Definition
- 1nicht gelesen, noch nicht durchgelesen worden
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how ungelesen appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„›Der Fettdruck bedeutet, dass die Mail noch nicht geöffnet wurde‹, erklärte Lithpel. ›Aber keine Sorge, nachdem wir sie gelesen haben, können wir sie wieder als ungelesen markieren.‹“
„Da lagen Rechnungen, unbeantwortete Briefe, alte Aufreißer von Dosen mit billigem Bier und das eine oder andere ungelesene Buch.“
Antonyms
This word in other languages
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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Frequency-ranked German headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).