Unvernunft

[ˈʊnfɛɐ̯ˌnʊnft]

/[ˈʊnfɛɐ̯ˌnʊnft]/ noun

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The verdict

“Unvernunft” is uncommon German (frequency #66,807 among 30,279 “U” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#66,807
frequency rank, German
30,279
“U” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - unbedachte Verhaltensweise, mangelnde Vernunft

Key facts for Unvernunft
PropertyValue
HeadwordUnvernunft
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈʊnfɛɐ̯ˌnʊnft]
Letters10
Frequency rank#66,807
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “Unvernunft” sits in German frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). Unvernunft lands here:

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

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Unvernunft is uncommon German at frequency #66,807 among 30,279 “U” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈʊnfɛɐ̯ˌnʊnft]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "unbedachte Verhaltensweise, mangelnde Vernunft".

Zero misspellings are on record for Unvernunft 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 typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, 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 Unvernunft, spelled U-N-V-E-R-N-U-N-F-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    unbedachte Verhaltensweise, mangelnde Vernunft

Antonyms

Vernunft

This word in other languages

déraison(Français)

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 "Unvernunft"?
"Unvernunft" is spelled U-N-V-E-R-N-U-N-F-T. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈʊnfɛɐ̯ˌnʊnft].
What does "Unvernunft" mean?
As a noun, "Unvernunft" means: unbedachte Verhaltensweise, mangelnde Vernunft
How do you pronounce "Unvernunft"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Unvernunft" is [ˈʊnfɛɐ̯ˌnʊnft]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Unvernunft" come from?
"Unvernunft" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Using “Unvernunft”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct German spelling is U-N-V-E-R-N-U-N-F-T - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as [ˈʊnfɛɐ̯ˌnʊnft] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
  • Browse more German words and confusable pairs in the same reference. German words

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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