utan

[`ʉːtan]

/[`ʉːtan]/ conj

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The verdict

“utan” is uncommon German (frequency #57,512 among 30,279 “U” headwords), classed as a conjunction. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#57,512
frequency rank, German
30,279
“U” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - sondern

Key facts for utan
PropertyValue
Headwordutan
LanguageGerman
Part of speechConjunction
IPA[`ʉːtan]
Letters4
Frequency rank#57,512
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “utan” 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). utan lands here:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
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Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

utan is uncommon German at frequency #57,512 among 30,279 “U” headwords, classed as aconjunction, transcribed [`ʉːtan]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

No generated misspelling entries exist for utan in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our dataset records no confusable match here, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is utan, spelled U-T-A-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    sondern
  2. 2
    sondern (nicht nur - sondern auch)

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 "utan"?
"utan" is spelled U-T-A-N. The IPA pronunciation is [`ʉːtan].
What does "utan" mean?
As a conjunction, "utan" means: sondern
How do you pronounce "utan"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "utan" is [`ʉːtan]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "utan" come from?
"utan" is a German word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Using “utan”

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

  • The one correct German spelling is U-T-A-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as [`ʉːtan] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
  • Browse more German words and confusable pairs in the same reference. German words

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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