unübertrefflich

[ˌʊnʔyːbɐˈtʁɛflɪç]

/[ˌʊnʔyːbɐˈtʁɛflɪç]/ adj

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The verdict

“unübertrefflich” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency German
15
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - so beschaffen, dass es besser nicht möglich ist

Corpus desk

Index DE-unubertrefflich · unübertrefflich · German

unübertrefflich · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-MEGA 15 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "U" thin
  • PHOTO-UNK Peer pending

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.

Key facts for unübertrefflich
PropertyValue
Headwordunübertrefflich
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdjective
IPA[ˌʊnʔyːbɐˈtʁɛflɪç]
Letters15
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “unübertrefflich” sits in German frequency

unübertrefflich falls outside the top-100,000 ranked German words, the long-tail zone of technical, archaic, or low-frequency vocabulary, exactly where readers second-guess spellings most.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

unübertrefflich is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ˌʊnʔyːbɐˈtʁɛflɪç]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "so beschaffen, dass es besser nicht möglich ist".

No misspelling variants are generated for unübertrefflich in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

No documented word history exists 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 unübertrefflich, spelled U-N-Ü-B-E-R-T-R-E-F-F-L-I-C-H.

Definition

  1. 1
    so beschaffen, dass es besser nicht möglich ist

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Musikalische Abgründe gibt es an diesem Abend nicht – aber eine Intensität und Intimität, eine feierliche Melancholie, die unübertrefflich ist.
  2. Die interne Hierarchie drückte sich mit unübertrefflicher Genauigkeit im Lohngefälle aus, und das Realeinkommen entschied wiederum über den Lebensstandard.

Synonyms

extremherausragendüberragendunüberbietbar

Antonyms

miserabelunsinnigununterbietbar

This word in other languages

insurpassable(Français)

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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Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "unübertrefflich"?
"unübertrefflich" is spelled U-N-Ü-B-E-R-T-R-E-F-F-L-I-C-H. The IPA pronunciation is [ˌʊnʔyːbɐˈtʁɛflɪç].
What does "unübertrefflich" mean?
As an adjective, "unübertrefflich" means: so beschaffen, dass es besser nicht möglich ist
How do you pronounce "unübertrefflich"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "unübertrefflich" is [ˌʊnʔyːbɐˈtʁɛflɪç]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "unübertrefflich" come from?
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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.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list