Unbehagen
German, noun/ˈʊnbəˌhaːɡn̩/
Unbehagen is spelled U-N-B-E-H-A-G-E-N (9 letters) and appears 1.9 times per million words in written German, the 25,090th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Unbehagen is a German neuter noun meaning “unease, uneasiness, discomfort, malaise, discomfiture” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Ein unbestimmtes Gefühl des Sich-Nicht-Wohlfühlens (körperlich oder seelisch)”.
What does Unbehagen mean in English?
noun
- 1
neuterunease, uneasiness, discomfort, malaise, discomfiture
- 2
neuterdiscontent
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Ein unbestimmtes Gefühl des Sich-Nicht-Wohlfühlens (körperlich oder seelisch)
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 Unbehagen
- Unbehagens genitive
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Unbehagen?
- /ˈʊnbəˌhaːɡn̩/
- [ˈʊnbəˌhaːɡn̩]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Unbehagen
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Unbehagen in German?
Unbehagen appears 1.9 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).