unrentabel

[ˈʊnʁɛnˌtaːbl̩]

/[ˈʊnʁɛnˌtaːbl̩]/ adj

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The verdict

“unrentabel” is uncommon German (frequency #60,186 among 2,159 “U” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#60,186
frequency rank, German
2,159
“U” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - nicht rentabel

Corpus desk

Index DE-unrentabel · unrentabel · German

unrentabel · rank #60,186 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #60,186
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,159
  • PHOTO-FINISH unparteiischen

Nearest frequency peer: unparteiischen (-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 „unrentabel“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for unrentabel
PropertyValue
Headwordunrentabel
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdjective
IPA[ˈʊnʁɛnˌtaːbl̩]
Letters10
Frequency rank#60,186
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „unrentabel“ im Deutschen

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.unrentabelfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Achse ist logarithmisch: jeder Tick markiert etwa zehnfach geringere Häufigkeit. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „unparteiischen“ (#60,185), „unschuldiges“ (#60,187), „Unparteiische“ (#60,184). Unter 2,159 „U“-Lemmata liegt „unrentabel“ bei #60,186. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

unrentabel is uncommon German at frequency #60,186 among 2,159 “U” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ˈʊnʁɛnˌtaːbl̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "nicht rentabel".

No generated misspelling entries exist for unrentabel in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, 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 unrentabel, spelled U-N-R-E-N-T-A-B-E-L.

Definition

  1. 1
    nicht rentabel

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how unrentabel appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. „Als der Zugverkehr auf dieser unrentablen Strecke im September 1968 eingestellt wurde, fiel das fast auf den Tag genau mit dem Ende unserer Jugendzeit zusammen, denn nur wenige Monate später gingen wir, in alle Winde verstreut, jeder für sich seinen Weg.“
  2. „Der Erdöl- und Gaskonzern OMV denkt im Zuge seiner Strategieüberprüfung auch über einen Verkauf seines unrentablen türkischen Gaskraftwerks nach.“

Antonyms

rentabel

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 "unrentabel"?
"unrentabel" is spelled U-N-R-E-N-T-A-B-E-L. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈʊnʁɛnˌtaːbl̩].
What does "unrentabel" mean?
As an adjective, "unrentabel" means: nicht rentabel
How do you pronounce "unrentabel"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "unrentabel" is [ˈʊnʁɛnˌtaːbl̩]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

unwürdigen#60,191unzähliger#60,192unbefangen#60,178verdonnert#60,198

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list