Unhold

[ˈʊnˌhɔlt]

/[ˈʊnˌhɔlt]/ noun

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The verdict

“Unhold” is uncommon German (frequency #89,721 among 2,159 “U” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#89,721
frequency rank, German
2,159
“U” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - böser Geist oder Ungeheuer; ein Wesen, das Furcht einflößt

Corpus desk

Index DE-unhold · Unhold · German

Unhold · rank #89,721 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #89,721
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,159
  • PHOTO-FINISH Ungleichgewic…

Nearest frequency peer: Ungleichgewichte (-1 rank slots)

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.

Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „Unhold“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Unhold“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Unhold
PropertyValue
HeadwordUnhold
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈʊnˌhɔlt]
Letters6
Frequency rank#89,721
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Unhold“ im Deutschen

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).Unholdfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Ungleichgewichte“ (#89,720), „unhörbar“ (#89,722), „ungesetzlich“ (#89,719). Unter 2,159 „U“-Lemmata liegt „Unhold“ bei #89,721. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Unhold is uncommon German at frequency #89,721 among 2,159 “U” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈʊnˌhɔlt]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.

No misspelling variants are generated for Unhold in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is Unhold, spelled U-N-H-O-L-D.

Definition

  1. 1
    böser Geist oder Ungeheuer; ein Wesen, das Furcht einflößt
  2. 2
    Mensch, der moralisch verwerfliche Dinge tut oder rohe Gewalt ausübt
  3. 3
    jemand, der sexuell belästigt oder auch ein schweres Sexualverbrechen begeht

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how Unhold appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Im Wald hinter den Bergen trieb ein Unhold sein Unwesen.
  2. „Unter der Brücke aber hauste der Unhold mit seiner Freundin.“

Synonyms

Sittlichkeitsverbrecher

This word in other languages

monster(English)

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 "Unhold"?
"Unhold" is spelled U-N-H-O-L-D. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈʊnˌhɔlt].
What does "Unhold" mean?
As a noun, "Unhold" means: böser Geist oder Ungeheuer; ein Wesen, das Furcht einflößt
How do you pronounce "Unhold"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Unhold" is [ˈʊnˌhɔlt]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Unhold" come from?
"Unhold" 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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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Unhold", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

uneben#89,711Tupfer#89,689verses#89,763Timbre#89,670

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list