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ungebunden

German, adjective/ˈʔʊnɡəˌbʊndn̩/

ungebunden is spelled U-N-G-E-B-U-N-D-E-N (10 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written German, the 63,211th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Ungebunden is a German adjective meaning “unbound (e.g. a book)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).

What does ungebunden mean in English?

adjective

  1. 1

    unbound (e.g. a book)

  2. 2

    free (from constraints both literal and figurative)

    ungebundene Rede

  3. 3

    independent, without ties

  4. 4

    unattached (without a spouse or romantic partner)

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

Forms of ungebunden

  • ungebundener masculine nominative singular
  • ungebundene feminine nominative singular
  • ungebundenes neuter nominative singular
  • ungebundenen genitive masculine singular
  • ungebundenem dative masculine singular
  • der ungebundene definite includes-article masculine
  • die ungebundene definite feminine includes-article
  • das ungebundene definite includes-article neuter
  • die ungebundenen definite includes-article nominative
  • des ungebundenen definite genitive includes-article
  • der ungebundenen definite feminine genitive
  • dem ungebundenen dative definite includes-article
  • den ungebundenen dative definite includes-article

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

How do you pronounce ungebunden?

  • /ˈʔʊnɡəˌbʊndn̩/
  • /ˈʔʊnɡəˌbʊndən/

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

English words that translate to ungebunden

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

How common is ungebunden in German?

ungebunden 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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