unbarmherzig
German, adjective/ˈʊnbaʁmˌhɛʁt͡sɪç/
unbarmherzig is spelled U-N-B-A-R-M-H-E-R-Z-I-G (12 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written German, the 63,211th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Unbarmherzig is a German adjective meaning “pitiless, ruthless, uncharitable” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “anderen gegenüber kein Mitgefühl zeigend”.
What does unbarmherzig mean in English?
adjective
- 1
pitiless, ruthless, uncharitable
adverb
- 1
mercilessly, relentlessly, ruthlessly, uncharitably
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. anderen gegenüber kein Mitgefühl zeigend
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 unbarmherzig
- unbarmherziger masculine nominative singular
- am unbarmherzigsten superlative
- unbarmherzige feminine nominative singular
- unbarmherziges neuter nominative singular
- unbarmherzigen genitive masculine singular
- unbarmherzigem dative masculine singular
- der unbarmherzige definite includes-article masculine
- die unbarmherzige definite feminine includes-article
- das unbarmherzige definite includes-article neuter
- die unbarmherzigen definite includes-article nominative
- des unbarmherzigen definite genitive includes-article
- der unbarmherzigen definite feminine genitive
- dem unbarmherzigen dative definite includes-article
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce unbarmherzig?
- /ˈʊnbaʁmˌhɛʁt͡sɪç/
- /-ˌhɛʁt͡sɪk/
- [ˈʊnbaʁmˌhɛʁt͡sɪç]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to unbarmherzig
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is unbarmherzig in German?
unbarmherzig appears about once in every 2 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).