unvorhersehbar

[ˈʊnfoːɐ̯ˌheːɐ̯zeːbaːɐ̯]

/[ˈʊnfoːɐ̯ˌheːɐ̯zeːbaːɐ̯]/ adj

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The verdict

“unvorhersehbar” is an uncommon German word, ranked #60,189 in German word frequency and used as an adjective.

#60,189
frequency rank, German
14
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - sich nicht im Vorhinein erkennen lassend

Key facts for unvorhersehbar
PropertyValue
Headwordunvorhersehbar
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdjective
IPA[ˈʊnfoːɐ̯ˌheːɐ̯zeːbaːɐ̯]
Letters14
Frequency rank#60,189
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “unvorhersehbar” 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). unvorhersehbar lands here:

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

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

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for unvorhersehbar is 14 letters long, classified as an adjective, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈʊnfoːɐ̯ˌheːɐ̯zeːbaːɐ̯]. Corpus data places it at rank #60,189 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "sich nicht im Vorhinein erkennen lassend".

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for unvorhersehbar, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. 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.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is unvorhersehbar, spelled U-N-V-O-R-H-E-R-S-E-H-B-A-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    sich nicht im Vorhinein erkennen lassend

Antonyms

vorhersehbar

This word in other languages

unforeseeable(English)imprevisible(Español)imprévisible(Français)imprevisível(Português)

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 "unvorhersehbar"?
"unvorhersehbar" is spelled U-N-V-O-R-H-E-R-S-E-H-B-A-R. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈʊnfoːɐ̯ˌheːɐ̯zeːbaːɐ̯].
What does "unvorhersehbar" mean?
As an adjective, "unvorhersehbar" means: sich nicht im Vorhinein erkennen lassend
How do you pronounce "unvorhersehbar"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "unvorhersehbar" is [ˈʊnfoːɐ̯ˌheːɐ̯zeːbaːɐ̯]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "unvorhersehbar" come from?
"unvorhersehbar" is a German word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Using “unvorhersehbar”

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

  • The one correct German spelling is U-N-V-O-R-H-E-R-S-E-H-B-A-R - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as [ˈʊnfoːɐ̯ˌheːɐ̯zeːbaːɐ̯] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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 FrequencyWords open word-frequency list