umstritten
German, adjective[ʊmˈʃtʁɪtn̩]
umstritten is spelled U-M-S-T-R-I-T-T-E-N (10 letters) and appears 8.9 times per million words in written German, the 7,736th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Umstritten is a German adjective meaning “controversial” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a past participle of umstreiten. The German Wiktionary defines it as “ohne Übereinstimmung/Zustimmung aller”.
What does umstritten mean in English?
adjective
- 1
controversial
- 2
disputed
verb
- 1
past participle of umstreiten
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. ohne Übereinstimmung/Zustimmung aller
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 umstritten
- umstrittener masculine nominative singular
- am umstrittensten superlative
- umstrittene feminine nominative singular
- umstrittenes neuter nominative singular
- umstrittenen genitive masculine singular
- umstrittenem dative masculine singular
- der umstrittene definite includes-article masculine
- die umstrittene definite feminine includes-article
- das umstrittene definite includes-article neuter
- die umstrittenen definite includes-article nominative
- des umstrittenen definite genitive includes-article
- der umstrittenen definite feminine genitive
- dem umstrittenen dative definite includes-article
- umstrittner positive nominative strong
- umstrittne positive nominative strong
- umstrittnes positive nominative strong
- umstrittnen positive genitive strong
- umstrittnem positive dative strong
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce umstritten?
- [ʊmˈʃtʁɪtn̩]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to umstritten
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is umstritten in German?
umstritten appears 8.9 times per million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).