unfreiwillig
German, adjective/ˈʊnˌfʁaɪ̯ˌvɪlɪç/
unfreiwillig is spelled U-N-F-R-E-I-W-I-L-L-I-G (12 letters) and appears 2.3 times per million words in written German, the 21,569th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Unfreiwillig is a German adjective meaning “involuntary” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “gegen den eigenen Willen”.
What does unfreiwillig mean in English?
adjective
- 1
involuntary
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. gegen den eigenen Willen 2. ohne Absicht
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 unfreiwillig
- unfreiwilliger masculine nominative singular
- am unfreiwilligsten superlative
- unfreiwillige feminine nominative singular
- unfreiwilliges neuter nominative singular
- unfreiwilligen genitive masculine singular
- unfreiwilligem dative masculine singular
- der unfreiwillige definite includes-article masculine
- die unfreiwillige definite feminine includes-article
- das unfreiwillige definite includes-article neuter
- die unfreiwilligen definite includes-article nominative
- des unfreiwilligen definite genitive includes-article
- der unfreiwilligen definite feminine genitive
- dem unfreiwilligen dative definite includes-article
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce unfreiwillig?
- /ˈʊnˌfʁaɪ̯ˌvɪlɪç/
- /-ˌvɪlɪk/
- [ˈʊnˌfʁaɪ̯ˌvɪlɪç]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to unfreiwillig
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is unfreiwillig in German?
unfreiwillig appears 2.3 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).