Unmäßigkeit
[ˈʊnˌmɛːsɪçkaɪ̯t]
The verdict
“Unmäßigkeit” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 11
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Verhalten, das über ein akzeptables Maß hinausgeht
Corpus desk
Index DE-unma-igkeit · Unmäßigkeit · German
Unmäßigkeit · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-5 5 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 | Unmäßigkeit |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈʊnˌmɛːsɪçkaɪ̯t] |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Unmäßigkeit“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Unmäßigkeit is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈʊnˌmɛːsɪçkaɪ̯t]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Verhalten, das über ein akzeptables Maß hinausgeht".
Unmäßigkeit doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Unmäßigkeit, spelled U-N-M-Ä-S-S-I-G-K-E-I-T.
Definition
- 1Verhalten, das über ein akzeptables Maß hinausgeht
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Unmäßigkeit appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Als er mir sagte, er verstehe nicht, wie der Wein bei allen anderen Religionen erlaubt sein könne, da er den Menschen doch des Gebrauches der Vernunft beraube, antwortete ich ihm, daß alle Religionen das unmäßige Trinken verurteilten und das Verbrechen deshalb nur in dieser Unmäßigkeit liegen könne.“
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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.