unecht
German, adjective[ˈʊnˌʔɛçt]
unecht is spelled U-N-E-C-H-T (6 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written German, the 50,363rd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Unecht is a German adjective meaning “apocryphal, fake, false, not genuine” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “falsch (nicht echt) oder nachgemacht”.
What does unecht mean in English?
adjective
- 1
apocryphal, fake, false, not genuine
adverb
- 1
apocryphally
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. falsch (nicht echt) oder nachgemacht 2. wenn der Zähler größer als der Nenner ist 3. wenn eine Farbe sich nicht hält, sondern zum Beispiel beim Waschen auswäscht
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 unecht
- unechter masculine nominative singular
- am unechtesten superlative
- unechte feminine nominative singular
- unechtes neuter nominative singular
- unechten genitive masculine singular
- unechtem dative masculine singular
- der unechte definite includes-article masculine
- die unechte definite feminine includes-article
- das unechte definite includes-article neuter
- die unechten definite includes-article nominative
- des unechten definite genitive includes-article
- der unechten definite feminine genitive
- dem unechten dative definite includes-article
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce unecht?
- [ˈʊnˌʔɛçt]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to unecht
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is unecht in German?
unecht appears about once in every 1 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).