ungemütlich
\ˈʊnɡəˌmyːtlɪç\
The verdict
“ungemütlich” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 11
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Désagréable, inconfortable, antipathique. Qualifie un lieu, une maison, un restaurant, une fête, une ambiance, une personne.
Corpus desk
Index FR-ungemutlich · ungemütlich · French
ungemütlich · 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 "U" 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 | ungemütlich |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \ˈʊnɡəˌmyːtlɪç\ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
ungemütlich is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed \ˈʊnɡəˌmyːtlɪç\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for ungemütlich in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is ungemütlich, spelled U-N-G-E-M-Ü-T-L-I-C-H.
Definition
- 1Désagréable, inconfortable, antipathique. Qualifie un lieu, une maison, un restaurant, une fête, une ambiance, une personne.
- 2Froid, mal, inconfortable (qualifie le temps).
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how ungemütlich appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Was ist, wenn Putin die Gaslieferungen abdreht? Sehr ungemütlich für Europa, aber Russland verliert schlagartig existenzielle Einkünfte.
Vorsicht, Herr Wagner ist gerade ziemlich ungemütlich.
Antonyms
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.