unkundig
[ˈʊnˌkʊndɪç]
The verdict
“unkundig” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - sich auf einem Gebiet nicht auskennend, keine Kenntnisse über etwas besitzend
Corpus desk
Index DE-unkundig · unkundig · German
unkundig · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 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 | unkundig |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [ˈʊnˌkʊndɪç] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „unkundig“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
unkundig is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ˈʊnˌkʊndɪç]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "sich auf einem Gebiet nicht auskennend, keine Kenntnisse über etwas besitzend".
unkundig has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is unkundig, spelled U-N-K-U-N-D-I-G.
Definition
- 1sich auf einem Gebiet nicht auskennend, keine Kenntnisse über etwas besitzend
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how unkundig appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Der unkundige Laie kann einen Riesling von einem Müller-Thurgau nicht unterscheiden.
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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.