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unergründlich

German, adjective/ʊnʔɛɐ̯ˈɡʁʏntlɪç/

unergründlich is spelled U-N-E-R-G-R-Ü-N-D-L-I-C-H (13 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written German, the 69,095th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Unergründlich is a German adjective meaning “unfathomable, fathomless, deep” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “nicht durch ein vorheriges Ereignis zu erklären”.

What does unergründlich mean in English?

adjective

  1. 1

    unfathomable, fathomless, deep

  2. 2

    inscrutable

  3. 3

    impenetrable

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

How German dictionaries define it

adjective: 1. nicht durch ein vorheriges Ereignis zu erklären

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 unergründlich

  • unergründlicher masculine nominative singular
  • am unergründlichsten superlative
  • unergründliche feminine nominative singular
  • unergründliches neuter nominative singular
  • unergründlichen genitive masculine singular
  • unergründlichem dative masculine singular
  • der unergründliche definite includes-article masculine
  • die unergründliche definite feminine includes-article
  • das unergründliche definite includes-article neuter
  • die unergründlichen definite includes-article nominative
  • des unergründlichen definite genitive includes-article
  • der unergründlichen definite feminine genitive
  • dem unergründlichen dative definite includes-article

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

How do you pronounce unergründlich?

  • /ʊnʔɛɐ̯ˈɡʁʏntlɪç/
  • [ʊnʔɛɐ̯ˈɡʁʏntlɪç]
  • [ˈʊnʔɛɐ̯ˌɡʁʏntlɪç]

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

English words that translate to unergründlich

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is unergründlich in German?

unergründlich 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).

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