gekünstelt
German, adjective/ɡəˈkʏnstl̩t/
gekünstelt is spelled G-E-K-Ü-N-S-T-E-L-T (10 letters) and appears about once in every 3 million words in written German, the 81,387th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Gekünstelt is a German adjective meaning “artificial, affected” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a past participle of künsteln. The German Wiktionary defines it as “unnatürlich wirkend, gezwungen aussehend”.
What does gekünstelt mean in English?
adjective
- 1
derogatoryartificial, affected
verb
- 1
past participle of künsteln
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. unnatürlich wirkend, gezwungen aussehend
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 gekünstelt
- gekünstelter masculine nominative singular
- am gekünsteltsten rare superlative
- gekünstelte feminine nominative singular
- gekünsteltes neuter nominative singular
- gekünstelten genitive masculine singular
- gekünsteltem dative masculine singular
- der gekünstelte definite includes-article masculine
- die gekünstelte definite feminine includes-article
- das gekünstelte definite includes-article neuter
- die gekünstelten definite includes-article nominative
- des gekünstelten definite genitive includes-article
- der gekünstelten definite feminine genitive
- dem gekünstelten dative definite includes-article
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce gekünstelt?
- /ɡəˈkʏnstl̩t/
- [ɡəˈkʏnstl̩t]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to gekünstelt
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is gekünstelt in German?
gekünstelt appears about once in every 3 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).