unwirtlich
[ˈʊnˌvɪʁtlɪç]
The verdict
“unwirtlich” 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) - so, dass man sich dort nicht gerne aufhält; nicht zum Bleiben/Verweilen einladend
Corpus desk
Index DE-unwirtlich · unwirtlich · German
unwirtlich · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-3 3 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 | unwirtlich |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [ˈʊnˌvɪʁtlɪç] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „unwirtlich“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
unwirtlich is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ˈʊnˌvɪʁtlɪç]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "so, dass man sich dort nicht gerne aufhält; nicht zum Bleiben/Verweilen einladend".
No misspelling variants are generated for unwirtlich in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is unwirtlich, spelled U-N-W-I-R-T-L-I-C-H.
Definition
- 1so, dass man sich dort nicht gerne aufhält; nicht zum Bleiben/Verweilen einladend
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how unwirtlich appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Es ist eiskalt, vollkommen dunkel und es herrscht ein enormer Druck von bis zu einer Tonne pro Quadratzentimeter — die Tiefsee scheint ein unwirtlicher Lebensraum zu sein.“
Die Gegend [in Berlin-Weissensee] ist unwirtlich, von Verfall geprägt.
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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.