ungenügend
\ˈʊnɡəˌnyːɡn̩t\
The verdict
“ungenügend” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Insuffisant, pas assez (en quantité ou en qualité). Note d’usage : Comparaison rare mais attestée, cf. 3ᵉ exemple.
Corpus desk
Index FR-ungenugend · ungenügend · French
ungenügend · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 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 | ungenügend |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \ˈʊnɡəˌnyːɡn̩t\ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « ungenügend » en français
Rare enough to double-check
ungenügend is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed \ˈʊnɡəˌnyːɡn̩t\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
ungenügend doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is ungenügend, spelled U-N-G-E-N-Ü-G-E-N-D.
Definition
- 1Insuffisant, pas assez (en quantité ou en qualité). Note d’usage : Comparaison rare mais attestée, cf. 3ᵉ exemple.
- 2Insuffisamment de, pas assez de, une quantité insuffisante de. Note d’usage : La plupart du temps non décliné → voir genügend (si décliné, risque de confusion avec qualitativement insuffisant, cf. les exemples ci-après).
- 3Insuffisant : appréciation scolaire (non décliné).
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how ungenügend appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
In Krisensituationen muss man manchmal dringend, anhand ungenügender Kenntnisse handeln.
1912 wurden die ersten Tochtergesellschaften in Deutschland gegründet. Ein Mangel an Führungskräften und ein ungenügendes Netzwerk erschwerte eine weitere Expansion. Nach Einstellung eines Direktors, der sich um die Expansion kümmerte, wurden 1926 bis 1928 Gesellschaften in England, Italien und Frankreich gegründet.
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.