uneigennützig
German, adjective/ˈʊnʔaɪ̯ɡn̩ˌnʏt͡sɪç/
uneigennützig is spelled U-N-E-I-G-E-N-N-Ü-T-Z-I-G (13 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written German, the 59,520th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Uneigennützig is a German adjective meaning “unselfish, selfless, altruistic” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “nicht auf seinen eigenen Vorteil bedacht sein”.
What does uneigennützig mean in English?
adjective
- 1
unselfish, selfless, altruistic
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. nicht auf seinen eigenen Vorteil bedacht sein
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 uneigennützig
- uneigennütziger masculine nominative singular
- am uneigennützigsten superlative
- uneigennützige feminine nominative singular
- uneigennütziges neuter nominative singular
- uneigennützigen genitive masculine singular
- uneigennützigem dative masculine singular
- der uneigennützige definite includes-article masculine
- die uneigennützige definite feminine includes-article
- das uneigennützige definite includes-article neuter
- die uneigennützigen definite includes-article nominative
- des uneigennützigen definite genitive includes-article
- der uneigennützigen definite feminine genitive
- dem uneigennützigen dative definite includes-article
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce uneigennützig?
- /ˈʊnʔaɪ̯ɡn̩ˌnʏt͡sɪç/
- /-ˌnʏt͡sɪk/
- [ˈʊnʔaɪ̯ɡn̩ˌnʏt͡sɪç]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to uneigennützig
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is uneigennützig in German?
uneigennützig appears about once in every 2 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).