unbenommen
German, adjective/ˌʊnbəˈnɔmən/
unbenommen is spelled U-N-B-E-N-O-M-M-E-N (10 letters) and appears about once in every 3 million words in written German, the 75,468th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Unbenommen is a German adjective meaning “permitted, allowed” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “jemandem selbst freigestellt”.
What does unbenommen mean in English?
adjective
- 1
permitted, allowed
Hiernach blieb es jenen unbenommen, das fragile Bauwerk zu betreten, welche den Mut dazu aufbrachten.
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. jemandem selbst freigestellt
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
How do you pronounce unbenommen?
- /ˌʊnbəˈnɔmən/
- /ˈʊnbəˌnɔmən/
- [ˌʊnbəˈnɔmən]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to unbenommen
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is unbenommen in German?
unbenommen appears about once in every 3 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).