unpassende

[ˈʊnˌpasn̩də]

/[ˈʊnˌpasn̩də]/ adj

The verdict

“unpassende” is uncommon German (frequency #59,271 among 2,159 “U” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#59,271
frequency rank, German
2,159
“U” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs unpassend

Corpus desk

Index DE-unpassende · unpassende · German

unpassende · rank #59,271 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #59,271
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,159
  • PHOTO-FINISH unlösbare

Nearest frequency peer: unlösbare (-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 „unpassende“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for unpassende
PropertyValue
Headwordunpassende
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdjective
IPA[ˈʊnˌpasn̩də]
Letters10
Frequency rank#59,271
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „unpassende“ im Deutschen

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

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

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „unlösbare“ (#59,270), „unrealistische“ (#59,272), „universale“ (#59,269). Unter 2,159 „U“-Lemmata liegt „unpassende“ bei #59,271. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

unpassende is uncommon German at frequency #59,271 among 2,159 “U” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ˈʊnˌpasn̩də]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 9 senses are on record.

No generated misspelling entries exist for unpassende in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

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 unpassende, spelled U-N-P-A-S-S-E-N-D-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs unpassend
  2. 2
    Akkusativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs unpassend
  3. 3
    Nominativ Plural alle Genera der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs unpassend
  4. 4
    Akkusativ Plural alle Genera der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs unpassend
  5. 5
    Nominativ Singular alle Genera der schwachen Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs unpassend
  6. 6
    Akkusativ Singular Femininum der schwachen Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs unpassend
  7. 7
    Akkusativ Singular Neutrum der schwachen Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs unpassend
  8. 8
    Nominativ Singular Femininum der gemischten Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs unpassend
  9. 9
    Akkusativ Singular Femininum der gemischten Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs unpassend

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 "unpassende"?
"unpassende" is spelled U-N-P-A-S-S-E-N-D-E. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈʊnˌpasn̩də].
What does "unpassende" mean?
As an adjective, "unpassende" means: Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs unpassend
How do you pronounce "unpassende"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "unpassende" is [ˈʊnˌpasn̩də]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "unpassende" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list