unreife

[ˈʊnʁaɪ̯fə]

/[ˈʊnʁaɪ̯fə]/ adj

The verdict

“unreife” is uncommon German (frequency #50,960 among 30,279 “U” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#50,960
frequency rank, German
30,279
“U” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Flexion des Adjektivs unreif

Key facts for unreife
PropertyValue
Headwordunreife
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdjective
IPA[ˈʊnʁaɪ̯fə]
Letters7
Frequency rank#50,960
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “unreife” sits in German frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). unreife lands here:

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

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

unreife is uncommon German at frequency #50,960 among 30,279 “U” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ˈʊnʁaɪ̯fə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 11 senses are on record.

unreife doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is unreife, spelled U-N-R-E-I-F-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Flexion des Adjektivs unreif
  2. 2
    Akkusativ Singular Femininum der starken Flexion des Adjektivs unreif
  3. 3
    Nominativ Plural der starken Flexion des Adjektivs unreif
  4. 4
    Akkusativ Plural der starken Flexion des Adjektivs unreif
  5. 5
    Nominativ Singular Maskulinum der schwachen Flexion des Adjektivs unreif
  6. 6
    Nominativ Singular Femininum der schwachen Flexion des Adjektivs unreif
  7. 7
    Akkusativ Singular Femininum der schwachen Flexion des Adjektivs unreif
  8. 8
    Nominativ Singular Neutrum der schwachen Flexion des Adjektivs unreif
  9. 9
    Akkusativ Singular Neutrum der schwachen Flexion des Adjektivs unreif
  10. 10
    Nominativ Singular Femininum der gemischten Flexion des Adjektivs unreif
  11. 11
    Akkusativ Singular Femininum der gemischten Flexion des Adjektivs unreif

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 "unreife"?
"unreife" is spelled U-N-R-E-I-F-E. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈʊnʁaɪ̯fə].
What does "unreife" mean?
As an adjective, "unreife" means: Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Flexion des Adjektivs unreif
How do you pronounce "unreife"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "unreife" is [ˈʊnʁaɪ̯fə]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "unreife" come from?
"unreife" is a German word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Using “unreife”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct German spelling is U-N-R-E-I-F-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as [ˈʊnʁaɪ̯fə] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
  • Browse more German words and confusable pairs in the same reference. German words

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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.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list FrequencyWords open word-frequency list