unselbstständig
[ˈʊnzɛlpstʃtɛndɪç]
The verdict
“unselbstständig” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 15
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - nicht selbstständig, auf andere angewiesen, in einem Abhängigkeitsverhältnis stehend
Corpus desk
Index DE-unselbststandig · unselbstständig · German
unselbstständig · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 15 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "U" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | unselbstständig |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [ˈʊnzɛlpstʃtɛndɪç] |
| Letters | 15 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „unselbstständig“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
unselbstständig is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ˈʊnzɛlpstʃtɛndɪç]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "nicht selbstständig, auf andere angewiesen, in einem Abhängigkeitsverhältnis stehend".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for unselbstständig, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is unselbstständig, spelled U-N-S-E-L-B-S-T-S-T-Ä-N-D-I-G.
Definition
- 1nicht selbstständig, auf andere angewiesen, in einem Abhängigkeitsverhältnis stehend
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how unselbstständig appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Zuerst sucht sich der Sadist eine naive, unselbstständige oder hilflose Frau.“
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Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.