Unverhältnismäßigkeit
[ˈʊnfɛɐ̯ˌhɛltnɪsmɛːsɪçkaɪ̯t]
The verdict
“Unverhältnismäßigkeit” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 21
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - nicht angemessener Umfang, unpassende Größe, unausgewogene Relation
Corpus desk
Index DE-unverhaltnisma-igkeit · Unverhältnismäßigkeit · German
Unverhältnismäßigkeit · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 21 letters
- VOW-8 8 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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Unverhältnismäßigkeit |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈʊnfɛɐ̯ˌhɛltnɪsmɛːsɪçkaɪ̯t] |
| Letters | 21 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Unverhältnismäßigkeit“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Unverhältnismäßigkeit is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈʊnfɛɐ̯ˌhɛltnɪsmɛːsɪçkaɪ̯t]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "nicht angemessener Umfang, unpassende Größe, unausgewogene Relation".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for Unverhältnismäßigkeit, 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, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Unverhältnismäßigkeit, spelled U-N-V-E-R-H-Ä-L-T-N-I-S-M-Ä-S-S-I-G-K-E-I-T.
Definition
- 1nicht angemessener Umfang, unpassende Größe, unausgewogene Relation
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Unverhältnismäßigkeit appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Grundsätzlich ist der Bauunternehmer zur Nachbesserung bei Mängeln verpflichtet. Aber wenn sein Aufwand dafür völlig außerhalb des Nutzens für den Bauherrn steht, kann er wegen Unverhältnismäßigkeit davon Abstand nehmen.
Antonyms
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.