Unanständigkeit
German, noun[ˈʊnʔanˌʃtɛndɪçkaɪ̯t]
Unanständigkeit is spelled U-N-A-N-S-T-Ä-N-D-I-G-K-E-I-T (15 letters) and appears about once in every 14 million words in written German, the 208,435th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Unanständigkeit is a German feminine noun meaning “indecency” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “etwas gegen die guten Sitten Verstoßendes”.
What does Unanständigkeit mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineindecency
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. etwas gegen die guten Sitten Verstoßendes
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 Unanständigkeit
- Unanständigkeiten plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Unanständigkeit?
- [ˈʊnʔanˌʃtɛndɪçkaɪ̯t]
- [ˈʊnʔanˌʃtɛndɪkkaɪ̯t]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Unanständigkeit
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Unanständigkeit in German?
Unanständigkeit appears about once in every 14 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).