Unglückstag
[ˈʊnɡlʏksˌtaːk]
The verdict
“Unglückstag” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 11
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Tag, an dem Unglück droht oder eintritt/eingetreten ist
Corpus desk
Index DE-ungluckstag · Unglückstag · German
Unglückstag · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-3 3 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 | Unglückstag |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈʊnɡlʏksˌtaːk] |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Unglückstag“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Unglückstag is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈʊnɡlʏksˌtaːk]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Tag, an dem Unglück droht oder eintritt/eingetreten ist".
Zero misspellings are on record for Unglückstag in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct German form is Unglückstag, spelled U-N-G-L-Ü-C-K-S-T-A-G.
Definition
- 1Tag, an dem Unglück droht oder eintritt/eingetreten ist
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Unglückstag appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Es werde leicht sein, an die Stelle des herkömmlichen dreimaligen Aufgebots ein einmaliges zu setzen; das müsse nächsten Sonntag geschehen, und am Freitage der nächsten Woche – denn die Freitage, die gemeinhin für Unglückstage gölten, hätte sie persönlich von der durchaus entgegengesetzten Seite kennengelernt – werde dann die Hochzeit zu folgen haben.“
„Rado ist erleichtert, das Letzte, was er an diesem Unglückstag will, ist, jemanden umzubringen.“
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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.