Unruh

[ˈʊnʁuː]

/[ˈʊnʁuː]/ noun

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The verdict

“Unruh” is uncommon German (frequency #52,518 among 2,159 “U” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#52,518
frequency rank, German
2,159
“U” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - meistens mit einer Spiralfeder verbundenes Schwungrad in mechanischen Uhren, das für einen gleichmäßigen Gang sorgt

Corpus desk

Index DE-unruh · Unruh · German

Unruh · rank #52,518 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #52,518
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,159
  • PHOTO-FINISH unliebsamen

Nearest frequency peer: unliebsamen (-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 „Unruh“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Unruh
PropertyValue
HeadwordUnruh
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈʊnʁuː]
Letters5
Frequency rank#52,518
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Unruh“ im Deutschen

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

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

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „unliebsamen“ (#52,517), „unkontrollierten“ (#52,516), „unheilig“ (#52,515). Unter 2,159 „U“-Lemmata liegt „Unruh“ bei #52,518. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Unruh is uncommon German at frequency #52,518 among 2,159 “U” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈʊnʁuː]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "meistens mit einer Spiralfeder verbundenes Schwungrad in mechanischen Uhren, das für einen gleichmäßigen Gang sorgt".

No generated misspelling entries exist for Unruh in our 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, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Unruh, spelled U-N-R-U-H.

Definition

  1. 1
    meistens mit einer Spiralfeder verbundenes Schwungrad in mechanischen Uhren, das für einen gleichmäßigen Gang sorgt

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Von der Unruh ist die Ganggenauigkeit der Uhr abhängig.
  2. Die Unruh ist ein kleines Rädchen, das eine Bewegung erzeugt, die wiederum in die Bewegung der Uhrzeiger umgesetzt wird. Je genauer die Unruh läuft, desto präziser ist die Uhr.

Synonyms

BalancierGangregler

Antonyms

FederMinutenzeigerSchlagwerkSchwungradSpiralfederStellschraubeStundenzeigerUhrarmbandUhrbandUhrengehäuseZeigerZiffernblatt

This word in other languages

balance wheel(English)volante(Español)balancier(Français)

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 "Unruh"?
"Unruh" is spelled U-N-R-U-H. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈʊnʁuː].
What does "Unruh" mean?
As a noun, "Unruh" means: meistens mit einer Spiralfeder verbundenes Schwungrad in mechanischen Uhren, das für einen gleichmäßigen Gang sorgt
How do you pronounce "Unruh"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Unruh" is [ˈʊnʁuː]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Unruh" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list