unsportlich
[ˈʊnˌʃpɔʁtlɪç]
The verdict
“unsportlich” is uncommon German (frequency #62,020 among 2,159 “U” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #62,020
- frequency rank, German
- 2,159
- “U” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - im Sport unbegabt seiend
Corpus desk
Index DE-unsportlich · unsportlich · German
unsportlich · rank #62,020 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #62,020
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,159
- PHOTO-FINISH unpolitische
Nearest frequency peer: unpolitische (-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 „unsportlich“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Unmensch
Unmensch
37,984 corpus weight
- unmerklich
unmerklich
37,983 corpus weight
- unpolitische
unpolitische
37,982 corpus weight
- unsportlich
unsportlich
37,981 corpus weight
- Unterstützu…
Unterstützungen
37,980 corpus weight
- Unterversor…
Unterversorgung
37,979 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „unsportlich“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | unsportlich |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [ˈʊnˌʃpɔʁtlɪç] |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #62,020 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „unsportlich“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
unsportlich is uncommon German at frequency #62,020 among 2,159 “U” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ˈʊnˌʃpɔʁtlɪç]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
unsportlich has no tracked misspelling variants, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct German form is unsportlich, spelled U-N-S-P-O-R-T-L-I-C-H.
Definition
- 1im Sport unbegabt seiend
- 2unehrlich, unfair; meist im Rahmen eines sportlichen Wettkampfes
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how unsportlich appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Tom hat zwar die besten Noten unserer Klasse, ist aber dafür sehr unsportlich.
Wer nicht ehrlich gewinnen kann, muss halt unsportliche Mittel einsetzten.
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.
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