bildungsfern
German, adjective[ˈbɪldʊŋsˌfɛɐ̯n]
bildungsfern is spelled B-I-L-D-U-N-G-S-F-E-R-N (12 letters) and appears about once in every 11 million words in written German, the 184,742nd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Bildungsfern is a German adjective meaning “uneducated” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “ungebildet”.
What does bildungsfern mean in English?
adjective
- 1
uneducated
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. ungebildet
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 bildungsfern
- bildungsferner masculine nominative singular
- am bildungsfernsten superlative
- bildungsferne feminine nominative singular
- bildungsfernes neuter nominative singular
- bildungsfernen genitive masculine singular
- bildungsfernem dative masculine singular
- der bildungsferne definite includes-article masculine
- die bildungsferne definite feminine includes-article
- das bildungsferne definite includes-article neuter
- die bildungsfernen definite includes-article nominative
- des bildungsfernen definite genitive includes-article
- der bildungsfernen definite feminine genitive
- dem bildungsfernen dative definite includes-article
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce bildungsfern?
- [ˈbɪldʊŋsˌfɛɐ̯n]
- [ˈbɪldʊŋsˌfɛʁn]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to bildungsfern
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is bildungsfern in German?
bildungsfern appears about once in every 11 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).