Unmenschen
[ˈʊnˌmɛnʃn̩]
The verdict
“Unmenschen” is uncommon German (frequency #67,812 among 30,279 “U” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #67,812
- frequency rank, German
- 30,279
- “U” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Genitiv Singular des Substantivs Unmensch
Corpus desk
Index DE-unmenschen · Unmenschen · German
Unmenschen · rank #67,812 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #67,812
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 30,279
- PHOTO-FINISH ungültigen
Nearest frequency peer: ungültigen (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “Unmenschen”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- Unglücke
Unglücke
32,191 corpus weight
- ungültigen
ungültigen
32,190 corpus weight
- Unmenschen
Unmenschen
32,189 corpus weight
- Unmündigkeit
Unmündigkeit
32,188 corpus weight
- unnötigerwe…
unnötigerweise
32,187 corpus weight
- unpassenden
unpassenden
32,186 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “Unmenschen” sits against the nearest ranked German headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Unmenschen |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈʊnˌmɛnʃn̩] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #67,812 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Unmenschen” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Unmenschen is uncommon German at frequency #67,812 among 30,279 “U” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈʊnˌmɛnʃn̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 7 senses are on record.
Unmenschen has no tracked misspelling variants, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is Unmenschen, spelled U-N-M-E-N-S-C-H-E-N.
Definition
- 1Genitiv Singular des Substantivs Unmensch
- 2Dativ Singular des Substantivs Unmensch
- 3Akkusativ Singular des Substantivs Unmensch
- 4Nominativ Plural des Substantivs Unmensch
- 5Genitiv Plural des Substantivs Unmensch
- 6Dativ Plural des Substantivs Unmensch
- 7Akkusativ Plural des Substantivs Unmensch
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.
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Similar German words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Unmenschen", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.