unerschwinglich
German, adjective/ʊnʔɛɐ̯ˈʃvɪŋlɪç/
unerschwinglich is spelled U-N-E-R-S-C-H-W-I-N-G-L-I-C-H (15 letters) and appears about once in every 3 million words in written German, the 88,766th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Unerschwinglich is a German adjective meaning “prohibitive, exorbitant, unaffordable (very expensive)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “so teuer, dass es sich jemand nicht leisten kann; zu teuer; nicht zu bezahlen”.
What does unerschwinglich mean in English?
adjective
- 1
prohibitive, exorbitant, unaffordable (very expensive)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. so teuer, dass es sich jemand nicht leisten kann; zu teuer; nicht zu bezahlen
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 unerschwinglich
- unerschwinglicher masculine nominative singular
- am unerschwinglichsten superlative
- unerschwingliche feminine nominative singular
- unerschwingliches neuter nominative singular
- unerschwinglichen genitive masculine singular
- unerschwinglichem dative masculine singular
- der unerschwingliche definite includes-article masculine
- die unerschwingliche definite feminine includes-article
- das unerschwingliche definite includes-article neuter
- die unerschwinglichen definite includes-article nominative
- des unerschwinglichen definite genitive includes-article
- der unerschwinglichen definite feminine genitive
- dem unerschwinglichen dative definite includes-article
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce unerschwinglich?
- /ʊnʔɛɐ̯ˈʃvɪŋlɪç/
- [ʊnʔɛɐ̯ˈʃvɪŋlɪç]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to unerschwinglich
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is unerschwinglich in German?
unerschwinglich appears about once in every 3 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).