Unmenschlichkeit
[ˈʊnmɛnʃlɪçkaɪ̯t]
The verdict
“Unmenschlichkeit” is an uncommon German word, ranked #55,793 in German word frequency and used as a noun.
- #55,793
- frequency rank, German
- 16
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - die Eigenschaft, unmenschlich zu sein oder unmenschliches Verhalten
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Unmenschlichkeit |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈʊnmɛnʃlɪçkaɪ̯t] |
| Letters | 16 |
| Frequency rank | #55,793 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Unmenschlichkeit” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for Unmenschlichkeit is 16 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈʊnmɛnʃlɪçkaɪ̯t]. Corpus data places it at rank #55,793 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "die Eigenschaft, unmenschlich zu sein oder unmenschliches Verhalten".
Zero misspellings are on record for Unmenschlichkeit in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, 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 easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Unmenschlichkeit, spelled U-N-M-E-N-S-C-H-L-I-C-H-K-E-I-T.
Definition
- 1die Eigenschaft, unmenschlich zu sein oder unmenschliches Verhalten
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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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The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is U-N-M-E-N-S-C-H-L-I-C-H-K-E-I-T - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈʊnmɛnʃlɪçkaɪ̯t] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.