unsanft

[ˈʊnˌzanft]

/[ˈʊnˌzanft]/ adj

The verdict

“unsanft” is uncommon German (frequency #54,175 among 2,159 “U” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#54,175
frequency rank, German
2,159
“U” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - gar nicht sanft, sondern heftig, grob

Corpus desk

Index DE-unsanft · unsanft · German

unsanft · rank #54,175 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #54,175
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,159
  • PHOTO-FINISH unsachlich

Nearest frequency peer: unsachlich (-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 „unsanft“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for unsanft
PropertyValue
Headwordunsanft
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdjective
IPA[ˈʊnˌzanft]
Letters7
Frequency rank#54,175
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „unsanft“ im Deutschen

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).unsanftfällt 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: „unsachlich“ (#54,174), „unsichtbarer“ (#54,176), „unklarer“ (#54,173). Unter 2,159 „U“-Lemmata liegt „unsanft“ bei #54,175. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

unsanft is uncommon German at frequency #54,175 among 2,159 “U” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ˈʊnˌzanft]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "gar nicht sanft, sondern heftig, grob".

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for unsanft, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is unsanft, spelled U-N-S-A-N-F-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    gar nicht sanft, sondern heftig, grob

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Du hast mich ja unsanft begrüßt.

Synonyms

Antonyms

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 "unsanft"?
"unsanft" is spelled U-N-S-A-N-F-T. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈʊnˌzanft].
What does "unsanft" mean?
As an adjective, "unsanft" means: gar nicht sanft, sondern heftig, grob
How do you pronounce "unsanft"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "unsanft" is [ˈʊnˌzanft]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "unsanft" come from?
"unsanft" is a German word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list