unerklärlich
German, adjective/ˌʊn.ʔɛɐ̯ˈklɛːɐ̯.lɪç/
unerklärlich is spelled U-N-E-R-K-L-Ä-R-L-I-C-H (12 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written German, the 42,412th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Unerklärlich is a German adjective meaning “unexplainable; inexplicable” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “nicht erklärbar, nicht nachvollziehbar”.
What does unerklärlich mean in English?
adjective
- 1
unexplainable; inexplicable
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. nicht erklärbar, nicht nachvollziehbar
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 unerklärlich
- unerklärlicher masculine nominative singular
- am unerklärlichsten superlative
- unerklärliche feminine nominative singular
- unerklärliches neuter nominative singular
- unerklärlichen genitive masculine singular
- unerklärlichem dative masculine singular
- der unerklärliche definite includes-article masculine
- die unerklärliche definite feminine includes-article
- das unerklärliche definite includes-article neuter
- die unerklärlichen definite includes-article nominative
- des unerklärlichen definite genitive includes-article
- der unerklärlichen definite feminine genitive
- dem unerklärlichen dative definite includes-article
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce unerklärlich?
- /ˌʊn.ʔɛɐ̯ˈklɛːɐ̯.lɪç/
- /ˌʊn.ʔɛɐ̯ˈkleːɐ̯.lɪç/
- /ˈʊnʔɛɐ̯klɛːɐ̯lɪç/
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to unerklärlich
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is unerklärlich in German?
unerklärlich 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).