unsittlich

[ˈʊnˌzɪtlɪç]

/[ˈʊnˌzɪtlɪç]/ adj

The verdict

“unsittlich” is uncommon German (frequency #57,501 among 2,159 “U” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#57,501
frequency rank, German
2,159
“U” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - so, dass es sich nicht sittlich auswirkt

Corpus desk

Index DE-unsittlich · unsittlich · German

unsittlich · rank #57,501 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #57,501
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,159
  • PHOTO-FINISH unsererseits

Nearest frequency peer: unsererseits (-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 „unsittlich“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for unsittlich
PropertyValue
Headwordunsittlich
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdjective
IPA[ˈʊnˌzɪtlɪç]
Letters10
Frequency rank#57,501
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „unsittlich“ im Deutschen

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

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

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „unsererseits“ (#57,500), „Unterarten“ (#57,502), „ungültige“ (#57,499). Unter 2,159 „U“-Lemmata liegt „unsittlich“ bei #57,501. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

unsittlich is uncommon German at frequency #57,501 among 2,159 “U” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ˈʊnˌzɪtlɪç]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "so, dass es sich nicht sittlich auswirkt".

No generated misspelling entries exist for unsittlich in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is unsittlich, spelled U-N-S-I-T-T-L-I-C-H.

Definition

  1. 1
    so, dass es sich nicht sittlich auswirkt

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. „Man kann sich also denken, wie erstaunt ich war, als ich erfuhr, daß ich im Verlage von H. G. Münchmeyer »abgrundtief unsittliche« Bücher geschrieben haben solle.“
  2. „Kein Leuchtfeuer mehr, kein tief in den Boden gerammter Grenzstein, der auch dem Kurzsichtigen zeigt, was gut und böse, schön und häßlich, sittlich und unsittlich ist.“

Antonyms

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "unsittlich"?
"unsittlich" is spelled U-N-S-I-T-T-L-I-C-H. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈʊnˌzɪtlɪç].
What does "unsittlich" mean?
As an adjective, "unsittlich" means: so, dass es sich nicht sittlich auswirkt
How do you pronounce "unsittlich"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "unsittlich" is [ˈʊnˌzɪtlɪç]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "unsittlich" come from?
"unsittlich" is a German word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list