unglückselig
[ˈʊnɡlʏkˌzeːlɪç]
The verdict
“unglückselig” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 12
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - mit einer negativen oder unangenehmen Wirkung behaftet
Corpus desk
Index DE-ungluckselig · unglückselig · German
unglückselig · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "U" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | unglückselig |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [ˈʊnɡlʏkˌzeːlɪç] |
| Letters | 12 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „unglückselig“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
unglückselig is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ˈʊnɡlʏkˌzeːlɪç]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "mit einer negativen oder unangenehmen Wirkung behaftet".
No misspelling variants are generated for unglückselig in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is unglückselig, spelled U-N-G-L-Ü-C-K-S-E-L-I-G.
Definition
- 1mit einer negativen oder unangenehmen Wirkung behaftet
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how unglückselig appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Ein unglückseliger Zwischenfall ereignete sich, kurz nachdem die Sturmwarnung eingetroffen war.
„Kinder sind ausgeprägte Sinnsucher; insofern ist auch bei diesem unglückseligen Vorfall zunächst nicht von einem Wegwerfen des Lebens auszugehen, sondern von einer – wenn auch hilflosen, vielleicht pervertierten- Sinnsuche, die in einem tödlichen Unfall endete.“
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Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.