umweltschädlich
German, adjective[ˈʊmvɛltˌʃɛːtlɪç]
umweltschädlich is spelled U-M-W-E-L-T-S-C-H-Ä-D-L-I-C-H (15 letters) and appears about once in every 7 million words in written German, the 140,468th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Umweltschädlich is a German adjective meaning “ecologically harmful, harmful to the environment” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “der natürlichen Umwelt schadend”.
What does umweltschädlich mean in English?
adjective
- 1
ecologically harmful, harmful to the environment
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. der natürlichen Umwelt schadend
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 umweltschädlich
- umweltschädlicher masculine nominative singular
- am umweltschädlichsten superlative
- umweltschädliche feminine nominative singular
- umweltschädliches neuter nominative singular
- umweltschädlichen genitive masculine singular
- umweltschädlichem dative masculine singular
- der umweltschädliche definite includes-article masculine
- die umweltschädliche definite feminine includes-article
- das umweltschädliche definite includes-article neuter
- die umweltschädlichen definite includes-article nominative
- des umweltschädlichen definite genitive includes-article
- der umweltschädlichen definite feminine genitive
- dem umweltschädlichen dative definite includes-article
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce umweltschädlich?
- [ˈʊmvɛltˌʃɛːtlɪç]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is umweltschädlich in German?
umweltschädlich 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).