ungläubig
\ˈʊnˌɡlɔɪ̯bɪç\
The verdict
“ungläubig” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Sceptique.
Corpus desk
Index FR-unglaubig · ungläubig · French
ungläubig · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 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 | ungläubig |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \ˈʊnˌɡlɔɪ̯bɪç\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
ungläubig is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed \ˈʊnˌɡlɔɪ̯bɪç\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
ungläubig doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is ungläubig, spelled U-N-G-L-Ä-U-B-I-G.
Definition
- 1Sceptique.
- 2Incroyant, mécréant.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how ungläubig appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Da war … Britta. Sie lag am Boden, auf dem Rücken, die Augen weit offen, einen ungläubigen Ausdruck auf dem Gesicht, und im ersten Moment dachte Sophie, ihre Schwester sei unglücklich gestürzt und brauche einfach nur Hilfe, wieder aufzustehen.
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.