ungute

[ˈʊnˌɡuːtə]

/[ˈʊnˌɡuːtə]/ adj

The verdict

“ungute” is uncommon German (frequency #62,014 among 30,279 “U” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#62,014
frequency rank, German
30,279
“U” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs ungut

Key facts for ungute
PropertyValue
Headwordungute
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdjective
IPA[ˈʊnˌɡuːtə]
Letters6
Frequency rank#62,014
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “ungute” sits in German frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). ungute lands here:

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

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

ungute is uncommon German at frequency #62,014 among 30,279 “U” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ˈʊnˌɡuːtə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 9 senses are on record.

ungute doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is ungute, spelled U-N-G-U-T-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs ungut
  2. 2
    Akkusativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs ungut
  3. 3
    Nominativ Plural alle Genera der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs ungut
  4. 4
    Akkusativ Plural alle Genera der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs ungut
  5. 5
    Nominativ Singular alle Genera der schwachen Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs ungut
  6. 6
    Akkusativ Singular Femininum der schwachen Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs ungut
  7. 7
    Akkusativ Singular Neutrum der schwachen Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs ungut
  8. 8
    Nominativ Singular Femininum der gemischten Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs ungut
  9. 9
    Akkusativ Singular Femininum der gemischten Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs ungut

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 "ungute"?
"ungute" is spelled U-N-G-U-T-E. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈʊnˌɡuːtə].
What does "ungute" mean?
As an adjective, "ungute" means: Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs ungut
How do you pronounce "ungute"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "ungute" is [ˈʊnˌɡuːtə]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "ungute" come from?
"ungute" 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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Using “ungute”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct German spelling is U-N-G-U-T-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as [ˈʊnˌɡuːtə] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
  • Browse more German words and confusable pairs in the same reference. German words

Other uncommon German words near this rank

Data Source

Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list