Unbeholfenheit
German, noun/ˈʊnbəhɔlfənhaɪ̯t/
Unbeholfenheit is spelled U-N-B-E-H-O-L-F-E-N-H-E-I-T (14 letters) and appears about once in every 7 million words in written German, the 140,468th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Unbeholfenheit is a German feminine noun meaning “clumsiness, awkwardness, unwieldiness, helplessness (the state of being clumsy, awkward, etc.)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Eigenschaft, sich nicht situationsgemäß verhalten zu können”.
What does Unbeholfenheit mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineclumsiness, awkwardness, unwieldiness, helplessness (the state of being clumsy, awkward, etc.)
- 2
feminine(an act of clumsiness)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Eigenschaft, sich nicht situationsgemäß verhalten zu können 2. einzelne Handlung, sich nicht situationsgemäß zu verhalten
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 Unbeholfenheit
- Unbeholfenheiten plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Unbeholfenheit?
- /ˈʊnbəhɔlfənhaɪ̯t/
- [ˈʊnbəˌhɔlfn̩haɪ̯t]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Unbeholfenheit
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Unbeholfenheit in German?
Unbeholfenheit 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).