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uni

German, adjective

uni is a German adjective meaning “unicolour, single-colour” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Uni is a different word: “uni; university”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “nur eine Farbe habend, mit einheitlichem Farbton”.

What does uni mean in English?

adjective

  1. 1

    unicolour, single-colour

noun

as Uni
  1. 1

    colloquialfeminineuni; university

Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How German dictionaries define it

noun: 1. in Fakultäten gegliederte, wissenschaftliche Bildungsstätte und Forschungseinrichtung

noun: 1. einheitliche Färbung

adjective: 1. nur eine Farbe habend, mit einheitlichem Farbton

prefix: 1. einzig, nur einer, einheitlich

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 uni

  • Unis plural

Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

English words that translate to uni

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is uni in German?

uni appears 35 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).