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undeutsch

German, adjective/ˈʊnˌdɔɪ̯t͡ʃ/

undeutsch is spelled U-N-D-E-U-T-S-C-H (9 letters) and appears about once in every 6 million words in written German, the 127,251st most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Undeutsch is a German adjective meaning “un-German; not typically German” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “nicht aus Deutschland oder zu Deutschland gehörig”.

What does undeutsch mean in English?

adjective

  1. 1

    un-German; not typically German

  2. 2

    anti-German; contrary to ideals of Germanness

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

How German dictionaries define it

adjective: 1. nicht aus Deutschland oder zu Deutschland gehörig 2. nicht die Eigenschaft habend, (typisch) deutsch zu sein, also das zu zeigen, was man (Vorurteilen gemäß) erwartet 3. nicht den Regeln der deutschen Sprache entsprechend 4. nicht dem ideologischen Bild von ›deutsch‹ entsprechend

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 undeutsch

  • undeutscher masculine nominative singular
  • am undeutschesten superlative
  • undeutsche feminine nominative singular
  • undeutsches neuter nominative singular
  • undeutschen genitive masculine singular
  • undeutschem dative masculine singular
  • der undeutsche definite includes-article masculine
  • die undeutsche definite feminine includes-article
  • das undeutsche definite includes-article neuter
  • die undeutschen definite includes-article nominative
  • des undeutschen definite genitive includes-article
  • der undeutschen definite feminine genitive
  • dem undeutschen dative definite includes-article
  • unteutsch obsolete

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

How do you pronounce undeutsch?

  • /ˈʊnˌdɔɪ̯t͡ʃ/
  • [ˈʊnˌdɔɪ̯t͡ʃ]

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

How common is undeutsch in German?

undeutsch appears about once in every 6 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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