Unrat
[ˈʊnʁaːt]
The verdict
“Unrat” is uncommon German (frequency #50,131 among 2,159 “U” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #50,131
- frequency rank, German
- 2,159
- “U” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Menge von Gegenständen, die zu nichts mehr verwendet werden können und den Ort, an dem sie sich befinden, verschandeln
Corpus desk
Index DE-unrat · Unrat · German
Unrat · rank #50,131 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #50,131
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,159
- PHOTO-FINISH unkonventione…
Nearest frequency peer: unkonventionellen (-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 „Unrat“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- unempfindli…
unempfindlich
49,874 corpus weight
- ungewollten
ungewollten
49,873 corpus weight
- unkonventio…
unkonventionellen
49,871 corpus weight
- Unrat
Unrat
49,870 corpus weight
- unrichtig
unrichtig
49,869 corpus weight
- unternehme
unternehme
49,868 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Unrat“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Unrat |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈʊnʁaːt] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #50,131 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Unrat“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Unrat is uncommon German at frequency #50,131 among 2,159 “U” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈʊnʁaːt]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Menge von Gegenständen, die zu nichts mehr verwendet werden können und den Ort, an dem sie sich befinden, verschandeln".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for Unrat, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is Unrat, spelled U-N-R-A-T.
Definition
- 1Menge von Gegenständen, die zu nichts mehr verwendet werden können und den Ort, an dem sie sich befinden, verschandeln
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Unrat appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Wir müssen mal den Unrat von der Straße entfernen.
This word in other languages
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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