unwissenschaftlich
[ˈʊnˌvɪsn̩ʃaftlɪç]
The verdict
“unwissenschaftlich” is uncommon German (frequency #68,809 among 2,159 “U” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #68,809
- frequency rank, German
- 2,159
- “U” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - nicht den Methoden und Maßstäben der Wissenschaft entsprechend
Corpus desk
Index DE-unwissenschaftlich · unwissenschaftlich · German
unwissenschaftlich · rank #68,809 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #68,809
- LEN-MEGA 18 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,159
- PHOTO-FINISH unwillig
Nearest frequency peer: unwillig (-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 „unwissenschaftlich“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- unvollendet…
unvollendeten
31,195 corpus weight
- unwidersteh…
unwiderstehlichen
31,194 corpus weight
- unwillig
unwillig
31,193 corpus weight
- unwissensch…
unwissenschaftlich
31,192 corpus weight
- Ursprungsla…
Ursprungsland
31,191 corpus weight
- Userin
Userin
31,190 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „unwissenschaftlich“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | unwissenschaftlich |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [ˈʊnˌvɪsn̩ʃaftlɪç] |
| Letters | 18 |
| Frequency rank | #68,809 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „unwissenschaftlich“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
unwissenschaftlich is uncommon German at frequency #68,809 among 2,159 “U” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ˈʊnˌvɪsn̩ʃaftlɪç]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
unwissenschaftlich doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is unwissenschaftlich, spelled U-N-W-I-S-S-E-N-S-C-H-A-F-T-L-I-C-H.
Definition
- 1nicht den Methoden und Maßstäben der Wissenschaft entsprechend
- 2nicht auf Wissenschaft gegründet
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how unwissenschaftlich appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Manch ein Forscher bedient sich unwissenschaftlicher Methoden, um schneller Ergebnisse vorlegen zu können.
Die Evolution ist abstrakter als eine Schöpfungsgeschichte. Dennoch müssen wir früher anfangen, sonst verfestigt sich schnell eine unwissenschaftliche Vorstellung davon, wo wir herkommen.
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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.
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