unerfahren
German, adjective/ˈʊn.ɛrˌfaːrən/
unerfahren is spelled U-N-E-R-F-A-H-R-E-N (10 letters) and appears 1.4 times per million words in written German, the 30,977th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Unerfahren is a German adjective meaning “inexperienced, green” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “keine oder sehr wenig Erfahrung in etwas haben”.
What does unerfahren mean in English?
adjective
- 1
inexperienced, green
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. keine oder sehr wenig Erfahrung in etwas haben 2. wenig Lebenserfahrung haben
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 unerfahren
- unerfahrener masculine nominative singular
- am unerfahrensten superlative
- unerfahrene feminine nominative singular
- unerfahrenes neuter nominative singular
- unerfahrenen genitive masculine singular
- unerfahrenem dative masculine singular
- der unerfahrene definite includes-article masculine
- die unerfahrene definite feminine includes-article
- das unerfahrene definite includes-article neuter
- die unerfahrenen definite includes-article nominative
- des unerfahrenen definite genitive includes-article
- der unerfahrenen definite feminine genitive
- dem unerfahrenen dative definite includes-article
- unerfahrner positive nominative strong
- unerfahrne positive nominative strong
- unerfahrnes positive nominative strong
- unerfahrnen positive genitive strong
- unerfahrnem positive dative strong
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce unerfahren?
- /ˈʊn.ɛrˌfaːrən/
- [ˈʔʊn.ʔɛɐ̯ˌfaː.ʁən]
- [ˈʔʊ.nɛɐ̯-]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to unerfahren
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is unerfahren in German?
unerfahren appears 1.4 times per million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).