Untat

[ˈʊnˌtaːt]

/[ˈʊnˌtaːt]/ noun

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The verdict

“Untat” is uncommon German (frequency #96,416 among 2,159 “U” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#96,416
frequency rank, German
2,159
“U” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - grauenvolle, verwerfliche Tat

Corpus desk

Index DE-untat · Untat · German

Untat · rank #96,416 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #96,416
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,159
  • PHOTO-FINISH unsympathische

Nearest frequency peer: unsympathische (-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 „Untat“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Untat
PropertyValue
HeadwordUntat
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈʊnˌtaːt]
Letters5
Frequency rank#96,416
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Untat“ im Deutschen

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).Untatfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „unsympathische“ (#96,415), „Unterhauses“ (#96,417), „unspielbar“ (#96,414). Unter 2,159 „U“-Lemmata liegt „Untat“ bei #96,416. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Untat is uncommon German at frequency #96,416 among 2,159 “U” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈʊnˌtaːt]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "grauenvolle, verwerfliche Tat".

No generated misspelling entries exist for Untat in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is Untat, spelled U-N-T-A-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    grauenvolle, verwerfliche Tat

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. „Sie gingen aufs Forum, und Lucretia berichtete dem Volk von der Untat des Königssohnes.“
  2. „Und das findet man noch schlimmer als die Untat.“

Synonyms

FreveltatGräueltatGrausamkeitMissetatSchandtatÜbeltat

This word in other languages

misdeed(English)

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 "Untat"?
"Untat" is spelled U-N-T-A-T. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈʊnˌtaːt].
What does "Untat" mean?
As a noun, "Untat" means: grauenvolle, verwerfliche Tat
How do you pronounce "Untat"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Untat" is [ˈʊnˌtaːt]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Untat" come from?
"Untat" 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 "Untat", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Tobel#96,370tappe#96,349Squaw#96,299Wumms#96,538

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list