unvertraut
[ˈʊnfɛɐ̯ˌtʁaʊ̯t]
The verdict
“unvertraut” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - nicht vertraut, jemandem nicht bekannt
Corpus desk
Index DE-unvertraut · unvertraut · German
unvertraut · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 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 | unvertraut |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [ˈʊnfɛɐ̯ˌtʁaʊ̯t] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „unvertraut“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
unvertraut is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ˈʊnfɛɐ̯ˌtʁaʊ̯t]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "nicht vertraut, jemandem nicht bekannt".
No misspelling variants are generated for unvertraut in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
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 unvertraut, spelled U-N-V-E-R-T-R-A-U-T.
Definition
- 1nicht vertraut, jemandem nicht bekannt
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how unvertraut appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Er beobachtete sie aus dem Augenwinkel, wie sie auf dem Sitz nach vorn rutschte und angestrengt in die unvertraute Nacht hinausspähte.“
„›Zwar wird dir in unserer Zeit alles unvertraut vorkommen, und vieles wirst du nicht begreifen.‹“
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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.