ungeschriebenes Gesetz

[ˌʊnɡəʃʁiːbənəs ɡəˈzɛt͡s]

/[ˌʊnɡəʃʁiːbənəs ɡəˈzɛt͡s]/ phrase

The verdict

“ungeschriebenes Gesetz” is outside the top-ranked German vocabulary, used as a phrase - the kind of word writers most often double-check.

Unranked
below top-frequency German
22
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) — nicht schriftlich dokumentierte und fixierte, aber allgemein anerkannte und als verbindlich geltende Regel

Key facts for ungeschriebenes Gesetz
PropertyValue
Headwordungeschriebenes Gesetz
LanguageGerman
Part of speechPhrase
IPA[ˌʊnɡəʃʁiːbənəs ɡəˈzɛt͡s]
Letters22
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “ungeschriebenes Gesetz” sits in German frequency

ungeschriebenes Gesetz falls outside the top-100,000 ranked German words, the long-tail zone of technical, archaic, or low-frequency vocabulary, exactly where readers second-guess spellings most.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for ungeschriebenes Gesetz is 22 letters long, classified as a phrase, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˌʊnɡəʃʁiːbənəs ɡəˈzɛt͡s]. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "nicht schriftlich dokumentierte und fixierte, aber allgemein anerkannte und als verbindlich geltende Regel".

No misspelling variants are generated for ungeschriebenes Gesetz 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 ungeschriebenes Gesetz, spelled U-N-G-E-S-C-H-R-I-E-B-E-N-E-S- -G-E-S-E-T-Z, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    nicht schriftlich dokumentierte und fixierte, aber allgemein anerkannte und als verbindlich geltende Regel

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Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "ungeschriebenes Gesetz"?
"ungeschriebenes Gesetz" is spelled U-N-G-E-S-C-H-R-I-E-B-E-N-E-S- -G-E-S-E-T-Z. The IPA pronunciation is [ˌʊnɡəʃʁiːbənəs ɡəˈzɛt͡s].
What does "ungeschriebenes Gesetz" mean?
As a phrase, "ungeschriebenes Gesetz" means: nicht schriftlich dokumentierte und fixierte, aber allgemein anerkannte und als verbindlich geltende Regel
How do you pronounce "ungeschriebenes Gesetz"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "ungeschriebenes Gesetz" is [ˌʊnɡəʃʁiːbənəs ɡəˈzɛt͡s]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
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Using “ungeschriebenes Gesetz”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct German spelling is U-N-G-E-S-C-H-R-I-E-B-E-N-E-S- -G-E-S-E-T-Z - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as [ˌʊnɡəʃʁiːbənəs ɡəˈzɛt͡s] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.

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

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