unverständig
[ˈʊnfɛɐ̯ˌʃtɛndɪç]
The verdict
“unverständig” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 12
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - [noch] nicht die Vernunft oder das Verständnis für etwas habend
Corpus desk
Index DE-unverstandig · unverständig · German
unverständig · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-4 4 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 | unverständig |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [ˈʊnfɛɐ̯ˌʃtɛndɪç] |
| Letters | 12 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „unverständig“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
unverständig is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ˈʊnfɛɐ̯ˌʃtɛndɪç]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "[noch] nicht die Vernunft oder das Verständnis für etwas habend".
No generated misspelling entries exist for unverständig in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. 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 unverständig, spelled U-N-V-E-R-S-T-Ä-N-D-I-G.
Definition
- 1[noch] nicht die Vernunft oder das Verständnis für etwas habend
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how unverständig appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Unbescheiden heißt auch unverständig sein.
Beide hatten den besten Willen und gaben sich ehrlich Mühe, ihre Kinder zu tüchtigen und guten Menschen zu machen, aber beide störten unverständig das gesunde Aufleben der Kinderseele.
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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.