unkonventionell

[ˈʊnkɔnvɛnt͡si̯oˌnɛl]

/[ˈʊnkɔnvɛnt͡si̯oˌnɛl]/ adj

The verdict

“unkonventionell” is uncommon German (frequency #53,315 among 2,159 “U” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#53,315
frequency rank, German
2,159
“U” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - auf unübliche Weise, vom Gewöhnlichen abweichend

Corpus desk

Index DE-unkonventionell · unkonventionell · German

unkonventionell · rank #53,315 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #53,315
  • LEN-MEGA 15 letters
  • VOW-6 6 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,159
  • PHOTO-FINISH Unicode

Nearest frequency peer: Unicode (-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 „unkonventionell“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for unkonventionell
PropertyValue
Headwordunkonventionell
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdjective
IPA[ˈʊnkɔnvɛnt͡si̯oˌnɛl]
Letters15
Frequency rank#53,315
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „unkonventionell“ im Deutschen

Die Häufigkeit läuft von den wenigen Alltagswörtern (links) bis zur langen, seltenen Schwanzseite (rechts).unkonventionellfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Unicode“ (#53,314), „ungeborene“ (#53,313), „Unterallgäu“ (#53,317). Unter 2,159 „U“-Lemmata liegt „unkonventionell“ bei #53,315. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

unkonventionell is uncommon German at frequency #53,315 among 2,159 “U” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ˈʊnkɔnvɛnt͡si̯oˌnɛl]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

unkonventionell has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable 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 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 unkonventionell, spelled U-N-K-O-N-V-E-N-T-I-O-N-E-L-L.

Definition

  1. 1
    auf unübliche Weise, vom Gewöhnlichen abweichend
  2. 2
    ohne ein förmliches Verhalten

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Sie feiern ihre Hochzeit ganz unkonventionell.
  2. „Gerade in solchen unkonventionellen Lagerstätten vermuten einige Fachleute indes größere Potenziale.“

Synonyms

Antonyms

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); 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 "unkonventionell"?
"unkonventionell" is spelled U-N-K-O-N-V-E-N-T-I-O-N-E-L-L. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈʊnkɔnvɛnt͡si̯oˌnɛl].
What does "unkonventionell" mean?
As an adjective, "unkonventionell" means: auf unübliche Weise, vom Gewöhnlichen abweichend
How do you pronounce "unkonventionell"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "unkonventionell" is [ˈʊnkɔnvɛnt͡si̯oˌnɛl]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "unkonventionell" come from?
"unkonventionell" is a German word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 15 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list