ungern
German, adverb/ˈʊnˌɡɛʁn/
ungern is a German adverb meaning “unwillingly; usually expressed in English through verb phrases such as "doesn't like", "don't want", etc” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “mit Widerwillen”.
What does ungern mean in English?
adverb
- 1
unwillingly; usually expressed in English through verb phrases such as "doesn't like", "don't want", etc.
Er trinkt ungern Alkohol.
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adverb: 1. mit Widerwillen
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 ungern
- ungerne variant
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce ungern?
- /ˈʊnˌɡɛʁn/
- [ˈʊnˌɡɛʁn]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to ungern
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is ungern in German?
ungern appears 8.3 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).