Tunichtgut
German, noun[ˈtuːniçtɡuːt]
Tunichtgut is spelled T-U-N-I-C-H-T-G-U-T (10 letters) and appears about once in every 10 million words in written German, the 165,772nd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Tunichtgut is a German masculine noun meaning “ne'er-do-well” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “jemand, der allerlei ungehörige und nichtsnutzige Dinge treibt”.
What does Tunichtgut mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinene'er-do-well
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. jemand, der allerlei ungehörige und nichtsnutzige Dinge treibt
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 Tunichtgut
- Tunichtguts genitive
- Tunichtgutes genitive
- Tunichtgute plural
- Tunichtguten dative definite plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Tunichtgut?
- [ˈtuːniçtɡuːt]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Tunichtgut
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Tunichtgut in German?
Tunichtgut appears about once in every 10 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).