unwirklich

[ˈʊnˌvɪʁklɪç]

/[ˈʊnˌvɪʁklɪç]/ adj

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The verdict

“unwirklich” is uncommon German (frequency #53,323 among 2,159 “U” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#53,323
frequency rank, German
2,159
“U” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - scheinbar nicht der Wirklichkeit/der Realität entsprechend

Corpus desk

Index DE-unwirklich · unwirklich · German

unwirklich · rank #53,323 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #53,323
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,159
  • PHOTO-FINISH unverzichtbare

Nearest frequency peer: unverzichtbare (-1 rank slots)

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.

Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „unwirklich“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „unwirklich“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for unwirklich
PropertyValue
Headwordunwirklich
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdjective
IPA[ˈʊnˌvɪʁklɪç]
Letters10
Frequency rank#53,323
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „unwirklich“ im Deutschen

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).unwirklichfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Achse ist logarithmisch: jeder Tick markiert etwa zehnfach geringere Häufigkeit. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „unverzichtbare“ (#53,322), „Unwort“ (#53,324), „unverschämte“ (#53,321). Unter 2,159 „U“-Lemmata liegt „unwirklich“ bei #53,323. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

unwirklich is uncommon German at frequency #53,323 among 2,159 “U” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ˈʊnˌvɪʁklɪç]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "scheinbar nicht der Wirklichkeit/der Realität entsprechend".

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for unwirklich, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is unwirklich, spelled U-N-W-I-R-K-L-I-C-H.

Definition

  1. 1
    scheinbar nicht der Wirklichkeit/der Realität entsprechend

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how unwirklich appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Der Saal war in unwirkliches Licht getaucht.
  2. Diese Situation kam ihm unwirklich vor.

This word in other languages

irréel(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 "unwirklich"?
"unwirklich" is spelled U-N-W-I-R-K-L-I-C-H. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈʊnˌvɪʁklɪç].
What does "unwirklich" mean?
As an adjective, "unwirklich" means: scheinbar nicht der Wirklichkeit/der Realität entsprechend
How do you pronounce "unwirklich"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "unwirklich" is [ˈʊnˌvɪʁklɪç]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "unwirklich" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "unwirklich", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

unzensiert#53,325unüberlegt#53,326ungeborene#53,313verdeckter#53,333

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list