unsäglich
[ʊnˈzɛːklɪç]
The verdict
“unsäglich” is uncommon German (frequency #54,177 among 2,159 “U” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #54,177
- frequency rank, German
- 2,159
- “U” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - in hohem Maße, unbeschreiblich groß
Corpus desk
Index DE-unsaglich · unsäglich · German
unsäglich · rank #54,177 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #54,177
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,159
- PHOTO-FINISH unsichtbarer
Nearest frequency peer: unsichtbarer (-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 „unsäglich“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- unsachlich
unsachlich
45,827 corpus weight
- unsanft
unsanft
45,826 corpus weight
- unsichtbarer
unsichtbarer
45,825 corpus weight
- unsäglich
unsäglich
45,824 corpus weight
- Unterdrücker
Unterdrücker
45,823 corpus weight
- unterfränki…
unterfränkischen
45,822 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „unsäglich“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | unsäglich |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [ʊnˈzɛːklɪç] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #54,177 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „unsäglich“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
unsäglich is uncommon German at frequency #54,177 among 2,159 “U” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ʊnˈzɛːklɪç]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for unsäglich, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is unsäglich, spelled U-N-S-Ä-G-L-I-C-H.
Definition
- 1in hohem Maße, unbeschreiblich groß
- 2negative Gefühle auslösend
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how unsäglich appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Es tat ihr unsäglich wohl, dass Otto vor seinem Tode bereit war, sich mit Franz Ferdinand zu versöhnen. Es bewegte unsäglich ihr Herz, dass Otto alles, was die Brüder trennte, vergessen hatte und sehnsüchtig nach der Hand des älteren Bruders fieberte, der ihn schon als Kind beneidet, vielleicht sogar gehasst hatte.“
„Er litt unsägliche Schmerzen im Rücken und fürchtete, dass er nie wieder würde gehen können.“
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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