übellaunig
German, adjective/ˈyːbl̩ˌlaʊ̯nɪç/
übellaunig is spelled Ü-B-E-L-L-A-U-N-I-G (10 letters) and appears about once in every 13 million words in written German, the 197,584th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Übellaunig is a German adjective meaning “bad-tempered” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “in einer schlechten Stimmung”.
What does übellaunig mean in English?
adjective
- 1
bad-tempered
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. in einer schlechten Stimmung
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 übellaunig
- übellauniger masculine nominative singular
- am übellaunigsten superlative
- übellaunige feminine nominative singular
- übellauniges neuter nominative singular
- übellaunigen genitive masculine singular
- übellaunigem dative masculine singular
- der übellaunige definite includes-article masculine
- die übellaunige definite feminine includes-article
- das übellaunige definite includes-article neuter
- die übellaunigen definite includes-article nominative
- des übellaunigen definite genitive includes-article
- der übellaunigen definite feminine genitive
- dem übellaunigen dative definite includes-article
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce übellaunig?
- /ˈyːbl̩ˌlaʊ̯nɪç/
- /-ˌlaʊ̯nɪk/
- [ˈyːbl̩ˌlaʊ̯nɪç]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to übellaunig
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is übellaunig in German?
übellaunig appears about once in every 13 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).