Unzweckmäßigkeit

[ˈʊnt͡svɛkˌmɛːsɪçkaɪ̯t]

/[ˈʊnt͡svɛkˌmɛːsɪçkaɪ̯t]/ noun

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The verdict

“Unzweckmäßigkeit” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency German
16
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Zustand und/oder Eigenschaft, für seinen Zweck ungeeignet, nicht angemessen zu sein; Nutzlosigkeit

Corpus desk

Index DE-unzweckma-igkeit · Unzweckmäßigkeit · German

Unzweckmäßigkeit · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-MEGA 16 letters
  • VOW-6 6 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.

Key facts for Unzweckmäßigkeit
PropertyValue
HeadwordUnzweckmäßigkeit
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈʊnt͡svɛkˌmɛːsɪçkaɪ̯t]
Letters16
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “Unzweckmäßigkeit” sits in German frequency

Unzweckmäßigkeit falls outside the top-100,000 ranked German words, the long-tail zone of technical, archaic, or low-frequency vocabulary, exactly where readers second-guess spellings most.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Unzweckmäßigkeit is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈʊnt͡svɛkˌmɛːsɪçkaɪ̯t]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Zustand und/oder Eigenschaft, für seinen Zweck ungeeignet, nicht angemessen zu sein; Nutzlosigkeit".

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Unzweckmäßigkeit, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is Unzweckmäßigkeit, spelled U-N-Z-W-E-C-K-M-Ä-S-S-I-G-K-E-I-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Zustand und/oder Eigenschaft, für seinen Zweck ungeeignet, nicht angemessen zu sein; Nutzlosigkeit

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Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Unzweckmäßigkeit"?
"Unzweckmäßigkeit" is spelled U-N-Z-W-E-C-K-M-Ä-SS-I-G-K-E-I-T. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈʊnt͡svɛkˌmɛːsɪçkaɪ̯t].
What does "Unzweckmäßigkeit" mean?
As a noun, "Unzweckmäßigkeit" means: Zustand und/oder Eigenschaft, für seinen Zweck ungeeignet, nicht angemessen zu sein; Nutzlosigkeit
How do you pronounce "Unzweckmäßigkeit"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Unzweckmäßigkeit" is [ˈʊnt͡svɛkˌmɛːsɪçkaɪ̯t]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Unzweckmäßigkeit" come from?
"Unzweckmäßigkeit" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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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