unübersetzbar
[ʊnʔyːbɐˈzɛt͡sbaːɐ̯]
The verdict
“unübersetzbar” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 13
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - so, dass es in einer anderen Sprache nicht sinnvoll wiedergegeben werden kann
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | unübersetzbar |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [ʊnʔyːbɐˈzɛt͡sbaːɐ̯] |
| Letters | 13 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “unübersetzbar” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
unübersetzbar is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ʊnʔyːbɐˈzɛt͡sbaːɐ̯]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "so, dass es in einer anderen Sprache nicht sinnvoll wiedergegeben werden kann".
No generated misspelling entries exist for unübersetzbar in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, 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 unübersetzbar, spelled U-N-Ü-B-E-R-S-E-T-Z-B-A-R.
Definition
- 1so, dass es in einer anderen Sprache nicht sinnvoll wiedergegeben werden kann
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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.
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Using “unübersetzbar”
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- The one correct German spelling is U-N-Ü-B-E-R-S-E-T-Z-B-A-R - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.