missglückt
German, adjective/mɪsˈɡlʏkt/
missglückt is spelled M-I-S-S-G-L-Ü-C-K-T (10 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written German, the 71,199th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Missglückt is a German adjective meaning “unsuccessful, failed” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a past participle of missglücken. The German Wiktionary defines it as “ohne Erfolg verlaufen seiend”.
What does missglückt mean in English?
adjective
- 1
unsuccessful, failed
Ein missglücktes Experiment.
verb
- 1
past participle of missglücken
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. ohne Erfolg verlaufen seiend
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 missglückt
- missglückter masculine nominative singular
- am missglücktesten superlative
- missglückte feminine nominative singular
- missglücktes neuter nominative singular
- missglückten genitive masculine singular
- missglücktem dative masculine singular
- der missglückte definite includes-article masculine
- die missglückte definite feminine includes-article
- das missglückte definite includes-article neuter
- die missglückten definite includes-article nominative
- des missglückten definite genitive includes-article
- der missglückten definite feminine genitive
- dem missglückten dative definite includes-article
- mißglückt obsolete
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce missglückt?
- /mɪsˈɡlʏkt/
- [mɪsˈɡlʏkt]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is missglückt in German?
missglückt appears about once in every 2 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).