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unbefangen

German, adjective/ˈʊnbəˌfaŋən/

unbefangen is spelled U-N-B-E-F-A-N-G-E-N (10 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written German, the 59,520th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Unbefangen is a German adjective meaning “impartial, unbiased” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “ohne Bedenken, ohne Hemmungen”.

What does unbefangen mean in English?

adjective

  1. 1

    impartial, unbiased

  2. 2

    uninhibited, unselfconscious

Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How German dictionaries define it

adjective: 1. ohne Bedenken, ohne Hemmungen 2. ohne voreingenommen zu sein

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 unbefangen

  • unbefangener masculine nominative singular
  • am unbefangensten superlative
  • unbefangene feminine nominative singular
  • unbefangenes neuter nominative singular
  • unbefangenen genitive masculine singular
  • unbefangenem dative masculine singular
  • der unbefangene definite includes-article masculine
  • die unbefangene definite feminine includes-article
  • das unbefangene definite includes-article neuter
  • die unbefangenen definite includes-article nominative
  • des unbefangenen definite genitive includes-article
  • der unbefangenen definite feminine genitive
  • dem unbefangenen dative definite includes-article
  • unbefangner positive nominative strong
  • unbefangne positive nominative strong
  • unbefangnes positive nominative strong
  • unbefangnen positive genitive strong
  • unbefangnem positive dative strong

Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce unbefangen?

  • /ˈʊnbəˌfaŋən/
  • [ˈʊnbəˌfaŋən]

Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

English words that translate to unbefangen

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is unbefangen in German?

unbefangen 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).

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