zuungunsten
[t͡suˈʔʊnɡʊnstn̩]
The verdict
“zuungunsten” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a preposition. 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) - zum Nachteil, Ungunsten von
Corpus desk
Index DE-zuungunsten · zuungunsten · German
zuungunsten · 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 "Z" 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 | zuungunsten |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Preposition |
| IPA | [t͡suˈʔʊnɡʊnstn̩] |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „zuungunsten“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
zuungunsten is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as apreposition, transcribed [t͡suˈʔʊnɡʊnstn̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "zum Nachteil, Ungunsten von".
No generated misspelling entries exist for zuungunsten in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is zuungunsten, spelled Z-U-U-N-G-U-N-S-T-E-N.
Definition
- 1zum Nachteil, Ungunsten von
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how zuungunsten appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„In Wirklichkeit entschied er häufig zuungunsten der Indianer.“
Antonyms
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