ungeschoren

[ˈʊnɡəˌʃoːʁən]

/[ˈʊnɡəˌʃoːʁən]/ adj

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The verdict

“ungeschoren” is uncommon German (frequency #51,774 among 2,159 “U” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#51,774
frequency rank, German
2,159
“U” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - nicht geschoren

Corpus desk

Index DE-ungeschoren · ungeschoren · German

ungeschoren · rank #51,774 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #51,774
  • LEN-MEGA 11 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,159
  • PHOTO-FINISH untergeordnet…

Nearest frequency peer: untergeordneten (+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 „ungeschoren“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for ungeschoren
PropertyValue
Headwordungeschoren
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdjective
IPA[ˈʊnɡəˌʃoːʁən]
Letters11
Frequency rank#51,774
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „ungeschoren“ im Deutschen

Die Häufigkeit läuft von den wenigen Alltagswörtern (links) bis zur langen, seltenen Schwanzseite (rechts).ungeschorenfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „untergeordneten“ (#51,775), „unfreiwillige“ (#51,772), „Unternehmensleitung“ (#51,776). Unter 2,159 „U“-Lemmata liegt „ungeschoren“ bei #51,774. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

ungeschoren is uncommon German at frequency #51,774 among 2,159 “U” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ˈʊnɡəˌʃoːʁən]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

ungeschoren has no tracked misspelling variants, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

No borrowing history is documented 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 ungeschoren, spelled U-N-G-E-S-C-H-O-R-E-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    nicht geschoren
  2. 2
    von etwas Unangenehmem nicht betroffen

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Drei Schafe in der Herde sind noch ungeschoren, die müssen beim Scheren durchgeschlüpft sein.
  2. Wir benötigen ein ungeschorenes Schaffell.

Synonyms

unbehelligtunbehindertunbelästigtunbeschränktungestört

Antonyms

geschorenbetroffen

This word in other languages

unshorn(English)impunément(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 "ungeschoren"?
"ungeschoren" is spelled U-N-G-E-S-C-H-O-R-E-N. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈʊnɡəˌʃoːʁən].
What does "ungeschoren" mean?
As an adjective, "ungeschoren" means: nicht geschoren
How do you pronounce "ungeschoren"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "ungeschoren" is [ˈʊnɡəˌʃoːʁən]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "ungeschoren" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

unbekümmert#51,768unbedingten#51,767Täterschaft#51,757vermögenden#51,796

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list