Ungetüm

[ˈʊnɡətyːm]

/[ˈʊnɡətyːm]/ noun

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The verdict

“Ungetüm” is uncommon German (frequency #65,789 among 2,159 “U” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#65,789
frequency rank, German
2,159
“U” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - etwas von erschreckender Größe und/oder Gestalt

Corpus desk

Index DE-ungetum · Ungetüm · German

Ungetüm · rank #65,789 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #65,789
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,159
  • PHOTO-FINISH ungepflegt

Nearest frequency peer: ungepflegt (-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 „Ungetüm“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Ungetüm
PropertyValue
HeadwordUngetüm
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈʊnɡətyːm]
Letters7
Frequency rank#65,789
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Ungetüm“ im Deutschen

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.Ungetümfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „ungepflegt“ (#65,788), „ungezogen“ (#65,790), „Ungenauigkeit“ (#65,787). Unter 2,159 „U“-Lemmata liegt „Ungetüm“ bei #65,789. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Ungetüm is uncommon German at frequency #65,789 among 2,159 “U” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈʊnɡətyːm]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "etwas von erschreckender Größe und/oder Gestalt".

We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for Ungetüm, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, 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 Ungetüm, spelled U-N-G-E-T-Ü-M.

Definition

  1. 1
    etwas von erschreckender Größe und/oder Gestalt

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Dinosaurier waren die Ungetüme der Vorzeit.
  2. „Minuten nur, bis die Ungetüme über die Dorfstraße rollen und auf den Hof rasseln.“

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 "Ungetüm"?
"Ungetüm" is spelled U-N-G-E-T-Ü-M. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈʊnɡətyːm].
What does "Ungetüm" mean?
As a noun, "Ungetüm" means: etwas von erschreckender Größe und/oder Gestalt
How do you pronounce "Ungetüm"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Ungetüm" is [ˈʊnɡətyːm]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Ungetüm" come from?
"Ungetüm" is a German word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

venösen#65,806trauere#65,769Timeout#65,762Teufeln#65,760

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list