unheilvoll
[ˈʊnhaɪ̯lˌfɔl]
The verdict
“unheilvoll” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Unheil ankündigend; Unheil mit sich bringend
Corpus desk
Index DE-unheilvoll · unheilvoll · German
unheilvoll · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 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 | unheilvoll |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [ˈʊnhaɪ̯lˌfɔl] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „unheilvoll“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
unheilvoll is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ˈʊnhaɪ̯lˌfɔl]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Unheil ankündigend; Unheil mit sich bringend".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for unheilvoll, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. 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, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is unheilvoll, spelled U-N-H-E-I-L-V-O-L-L.
Definition
- 1Unheil ankündigend; Unheil mit sich bringend
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how unheilvoll appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Die Verquickung politischer und wirtschaftlicher Interessen hat sich bislang noch immer als unheilvoll erwiesen.
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.