unfair
German, adjective/ˈʊnˌfɛːr/
unfair is a German adjective meaning “unfair” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “nicht (moralisch, ethisch) gerecht (fair) oder nicht den (sportlichen, zwischenmenschlichen) Regeln (der…”.
What does unfair mean in English?
adjective
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unfair
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. nicht (moralisch, ethisch) gerecht (fair) oder nicht den (sportlichen, zwischenmenschlichen) Regeln (der Fairness) entsprechend
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of unfair
- unfairer masculine nominative singular
- am unfairsten superlative
- unfaire feminine nominative singular
- unfaires neuter nominative singular
- unfairen genitive masculine singular
- unfairem dative masculine singular
- der unfaire definite includes-article masculine
- die unfaire definite feminine includes-article
- das unfaire definite includes-article neuter
- die unfairen definite includes-article nominative
- des unfairen definite genitive includes-article
- der unfairen definite feminine genitive
- dem unfairen dative definite includes-article
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce unfair?
- /ˈʊnˌfɛːr/
- [ˈʔʊn-]
- [ˈʔʊɱ-]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to unfair
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is unfair in German?
unfair appears 7.1 times per million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).