Wortungetüm

[ˈvɔʁtʔʊnɡəˌtyːm]

/[ˈvɔʁtʔʊnɡəˌtyːm]/ noun

The verdict

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

Unranked
below top-frequency German
11
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Wort auffälliger Länge und/oder ungewöhnlicher Wortbildung

Corpus desk

Index DE-wortungetum · Wortungetüm · German

Wortungetüm · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-MEGA 11 letters
  • VOW-4 4 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.

Key facts for Wortungetüm
PropertyValue
HeadwordWortungetüm
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈvɔʁtʔʊnɡəˌtyːm]
Letters11
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “Wortungetüm” sits in German frequency

Wortungetüm 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

Wortungetüm is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈvɔʁtʔʊnɡəˌtyːm]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Wort auffälliger Länge und/oder ungewöhnlicher Wortbildung".

Wortungetüm doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is Wortungetüm, spelled W-O-R-T-U-N-G-E-T-Ü-M.

Definition

  1. 1
    Wort auffälliger Länge und/oder ungewöhnlicher Wortbildung

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. „Die rot-grüne Bundesregierung wollte das Wort 2004 mit dem »Gesetz zur finanziellen Unterstützung der Innovationsoffensive durch Abschaffung der Eigenheimzulage« entsorgen, scheiterte mit diesem Wortungetüm aber im Bundesrat, der Vermittlungsausschuss vermittelte.“
  2. „Sie stellt aber auch Anforderungen an die Bürger als Sprachrezipienten, an ihr sprachliches Wissen und Können, etwa bei der Aufnahme von Wortungetümen wie »Wachstumsbeschleunigungsgesetz«.“

Synonyms

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.

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Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Wortungetüm"?
"Wortungetüm" is spelled W-O-R-T-U-N-G-E-T-Ü-M. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈvɔʁtʔʊnɡəˌtyːm].
What does "Wortungetüm" mean?
As a noun, "Wortungetüm" means: Wort auffälliger Länge und/oder ungewöhnlicher Wortbildung
How do you pronounce "Wortungetüm"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Wortungetüm" is [ˈvɔʁtʔʊnɡəˌtyːm]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Wortungetüm" come from?
"Wortungetüm" is a German word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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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