ungnädig
[ˈʊnˌɡnɛːdɪç]
The verdict
“ungnädig” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - schlechter Laune
Corpus desk
Index DE-ungnadig · ungnädig · German
ungnädig · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 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 | ungnädig |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [ˈʊnˌɡnɛːdɪç] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „ungnädig“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
ungnädig is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ˈʊnˌɡnɛːdɪç]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for ungnädig, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is ungnädig, spelled U-N-G-N-Ä-D-I-G.
Definition
- 1schlechter Laune
- 2verhängnisvoll, ungünstig
- 3Gegenteil von gnädig, keine Gnade zeigend
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how ungnädig appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Gleich bei seinem Eintritt waren sich alle darüber klar, daß er sich heute in der ungnädigsten Stimmung befand - der strahlende Causeur vom vorigen Abend war nicht wiederzuerkennen.“
Das ungnädige Schicksal wollte es, dass die Waffe ungesichert war und sich ein Schuss lösen konnte.
This word in other languages
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.