uneigentlich
German, adjective/ˈʊnˌaɪ̯ɡəntlɪç/
uneigentlich is spelled U-N-E-I-G-E-N-T-L-I-C-H (12 letters) and appears about once in every 14 million words in written German, the 208,435th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Uneigentlich is a German adjective meaning “improper” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “nicht eigentlich; die Bedeutung eines Wortes, welche nicht wesentlich ist”.
What does uneigentlich mean in English?
adjective
- 1
improper
- 2
figurative
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. nicht eigentlich; die Bedeutung eines Wortes, welche nicht wesentlich ist 2. wenn der Zähler ein Vielfaches des Nenners ist 3. was aber auch denkbar ist, wenn man das zuvor Gesagte ignoriert
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 uneigentlich
- uneigentlicher masculine nominative singular
- am uneigentlichsten superlative
- uneigentliche feminine nominative singular
- uneigentliches neuter nominative singular
- uneigentlichen genitive masculine singular
- uneigentlichem dative masculine singular
- der uneigentliche definite includes-article masculine
- die uneigentliche definite feminine includes-article
- das uneigentliche definite includes-article neuter
- die uneigentlichen definite includes-article nominative
- des uneigentlichen definite genitive includes-article
- der uneigentlichen definite feminine genitive
- dem uneigentlichen dative definite includes-article
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce uneigentlich?
- /ˈʊnˌaɪ̯ɡəntlɪç/
- [ˈʊnˌaɪ̯ɡəntlɪç]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to uneigentlich
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is uneigentlich in German?
uneigentlich appears about once in every 14 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).