Unke
[ˈʊŋkə]
The verdict
“Unke” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 4
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Froschlurch aus der Gattung Bombina, die gelbbauchige Tiefland- und die rotbauchige Berglandkröte
Corpus desk
Index DE-unke · Unke · German
Unke · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MID 4 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 | Unke |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈʊŋkə] |
| Letters | 4 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Unke“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Unke is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈʊŋkə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Unke, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
No explicit etymology string is stored 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 Unke, spelled U-N-K-E.
Definition
- 1Froschlurch aus der Gattung Bombina, die gelbbauchige Tiefland- und die rotbauchige Berglandkröte
- 2Pessimist, Schwarzseher
- 3anderes Kriechtier, wie zum Beispiel Schlangen, Basilisk, Eidechse…
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Unke appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Im Teich sitzt eine Unke.
Karoline, die alte Unke, hat natürlich wieder Bedenken.
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.