Wortungetüm
[ˈvɔʁtʔʊnɡəˌtyːm]
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Wortungetüm |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈvɔʁtʔʊnɡəˌtyːm] |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Wortungetüm” sits in German frequency
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
- 1Wort auffälliger Länge und/oder ungewöhnlicher Wortbildung
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Wortungetüm appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„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.“
„Sie stellt aber auch Anforderungen an die Bürger als Sprachrezipienten, an ihr sprachliches Wissen und Können, etwa bei der Aufnahme von Wortungetümen wie »Wachstumsbeschleunigungsgesetz«.“
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