untröstlich

[ˌʊnˈtʁøːstlɪç]

/[ˌʊnˈtʁøːstlɪç]/ adj

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The verdict

“untröstlich” is uncommon German (frequency #81,081 among 2,159 “U” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#81,081
frequency rank, German
2,159
“U” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - für keinen Versuch der Linderung des Schmerzes empfänglich

Corpus desk

Index DE-untrostlich · untröstlich · German

untröstlich · rank #81,081 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #81,081
  • LEN-MEGA 11 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,159
  • PHOTO-FINISH Unterrichtsma…

Nearest frequency peer: Unterrichtsmaterialien (-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 „untröstlich“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for untröstlich
PropertyValue
Headworduntröstlich
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdjective
IPA[ˌʊnˈtʁøːstlɪç]
Letters11
Frequency rank#81,081
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „untröstlich“ im Deutschen

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

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

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Unterrichtsmaterialien“ (#81,080), „unverantwortliche“ (#81,083), „Unterhaltungsindustrie“ (#81,078). Unter 2,159 „U“-Lemmata liegt „untröstlich“ bei #81,081. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

untröstlich is uncommon German at frequency #81,081 among 2,159 “U” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ˌʊnˈtʁøːstlɪç]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "für keinen Versuch der Linderung des Schmerzes empfänglich".

untröstlich doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is untröstlich, spelled U-N-T-R-Ö-S-T-L-I-C-H.

Definition

  1. 1
    für keinen Versuch der Linderung des Schmerzes empfänglich

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Sie wäre untröstlich gewesen, hätte sich der Tod ihres geliebten Katers früher ereignet.

This word in other languages

inconsolable(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 "untröstlich"?
"untröstlich" is spelled U-N-T-R-Ö-S-T-L-I-C-H. The IPA pronunciation is [ˌʊnˈtʁøːstlɪç].
What does "untröstlich" mean?
As an adjective, "untröstlich" means: für keinen Versuch der Linderung des Schmerzes empfänglich
How do you pronounce "untröstlich"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "untröstlich" is [ˌʊnˈtʁøːstlɪç]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

uneheliches#81,069unbemannten#81,067unbefleckte#81,064verabredete#81,098

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list