obskur
German, adjective/ɔpsˈkuːr/
obskur is spelled O-B-S-K-U-R (6 letters) and appears about once in every 7 million words in written German, the 136,587th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Obskur is a German adjective meaning “obscure (unknown or hidden)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “anrüchig, von schlechtem Ruf”.
What does obskur mean in English?
adjective
- 1
obscure (unknown or hidden)
- 2
dubious, shady
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. anrüchig, von schlechtem Ruf 2. unbekannt, mysteriös
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 obskur
- obskurer masculine nominative singular
- am obskursten superlative
- obskure feminine nominative singular
- obskures neuter nominative singular
- obskuren genitive masculine singular
- obskurem dative masculine singular
- der obskure definite includes-article masculine
- die obskure definite feminine includes-article
- das obskure definite includes-article neuter
- die obskuren definite includes-article nominative
- des obskuren definite genitive includes-article
- der obskuren definite feminine genitive
- dem obskuren dative definite includes-article
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce obskur?
- /ɔpsˈkuːr/
- /ɔpˈskuːr/
- [-ku(ː)ɐ̯]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to obskur
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is obskur in German?
obskur appears about once in every 7 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).