widernatürlich
[ˈviːdɐnaˌtyːɐ̯lɪç]
The verdict
“widernatürlich” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 14
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - so, dass es in negativer Art und Weise vom Bekannten, Natürlichen, Normalen abweicht
Corpus desk
Index DE-widernaturlich · widernatürlich · German
widernatürlich · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 14 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "W" 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 | widernatürlich |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [ˈviːdɐnaˌtyːɐ̯lɪç] |
| Letters | 14 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „widernatürlich“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
widernatürlich is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ˈviːdɐnaˌtyːɐ̯lɪç]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "so, dass es in negativer Art und Weise vom Bekannten, Natürlichen, Normalen abweicht".
widernatürlich doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is widernatürlich, spelled W-I-D-E-R-N-A-T-Ü-R-L-I-C-H.
Definition
- 1so, dass es in negativer Art und Weise vom Bekannten, Natürlichen, Normalen abweicht
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how widernatürlich appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Die widernatürliche Unzucht, welche zwischen Personen männlichen Geschlechts oder von Menschen mit Thieren verübt wird, ist mit Gefängniß zu bestrafen; …“
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.