ungesetzlich
[ˈʊnɡəˌzɛt͡slɪç]
The verdict
“ungesetzlich” is uncommon German (frequency #89,719 among 2,159 “U” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #89,719
- frequency rank, German
- 2,159
- “U” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - nicht konform mit den geltenden Gesetzen, gegen ein Gesetz verstoßend
Corpus desk
Index DE-ungesetzlich · ungesetzlich · German
ungesetzlich · rank #89,719 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #89,719
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,159
- PHOTO-FINISH ungenügenden
Nearest frequency peer: ungenügenden (-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 „ungesetzlich“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- ungefährlic…
ungefährlicher
10,285 corpus weight
- ungenauen
ungenauen
10,284 corpus weight
- ungenügenden
ungenügenden
10,283 corpus weight
- ungesetzlich
ungesetzlich
10,282 corpus weight
- Ungleichgew…
Ungleichgewichte
10,281 corpus weight
- Unhold
Unhold
10,280 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „ungesetzlich“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | ungesetzlich |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [ˈʊnɡəˌzɛt͡slɪç] |
| Letters | 12 |
| Frequency rank | #89,719 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „ungesetzlich“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
ungesetzlich is uncommon German at frequency #89,719 among 2,159 “U” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ˈʊnɡəˌzɛt͡slɪç]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "nicht konform mit den geltenden Gesetzen, gegen ein Gesetz verstoßend".
No generated misspelling entries exist for ungesetzlich in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is ungesetzlich, spelled U-N-G-E-S-E-T-Z-L-I-C-H.
Definition
- 1nicht konform mit den geltenden Gesetzen, gegen ein Gesetz verstoßend
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how ungesetzlich appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Es ist ungesetzlich, geschützte Musik aus dem Internet herunterzuladen.
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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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