Ungunst
[ˈʊnɡʊnst]
The verdict
“Ungunst” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - widrige Voraussetzung für etwas
Corpus desk
Index DE-ungunst · Ungunst · German
Ungunst · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-2 2 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 | Ungunst |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈʊnɡʊnst] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Ungunst“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Ungunst is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈʊnɡʊnst]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "widrige Voraussetzung für etwas".
No generated misspelling entries exist for Ungunst in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
No documented word history exists for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is Ungunst, spelled U-N-G-U-N-S-T.
Definition
- 1widrige Voraussetzung für etwas
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Ungunst appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Diesmal verlor er aufgrund der Ungunst des Wetters.
Die Entscheidung fiel zu seinen Ungunsten.
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.