utan

[`ʉːtan]

/[`ʉːtan]/ conj

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The verdict

“utan” is uncommon German (frequency #57,512 among 2,159 “U” headwords), classed as a conjunction. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#57,512
frequency rank, German
2,159
“U” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - sondern

Corpus desk

Index DE-utan · utan · German

utan · rank #57,512 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #57,512
  • LEN-MID 4 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,159
  • PHOTO-FINISH Ursprüngen

Nearest frequency peer: Ursprüngen (-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 „utan“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for utan
PropertyValue
Headwordutan
LanguageGerman
Part of speechConjunction
IPA[`ʉːtan]
Letters4
Frequency rank#57,512
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „utan“ im Deutschen

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

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

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Ursprüngen“ (#57,511), „vaart“ (#57,513), „unübersichtlichen“ (#57,510). Unter 2,159 „U“-Lemmata liegt „utan“ bei #57,512. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

utan is uncommon German at frequency #57,512 among 2,159 “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)

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Hon var inte trött utan (hon var) sjuk.
  2. Börje är inte bara kommunalanställd handläggare utan även borgerlig vigselförrättare.

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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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Tipi#57,466Terz#57,462seas#57,394saug#57,378

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list