ungedeckt
German, adjective[ˈʊnɡəˌdɛkt]
ungedeckt is spelled U-N-G-E-D-E-C-K-T (9 letters) and appears about once in every 7 million words in written German, the 140,468th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Ungedeckt is a German adjective meaning “not covered, uncovered” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “nicht durch eine Einlösung oder Bezahlung gewährleistet”.
What does ungedeckt mean in English?
adjective
- 1
not covered, uncovered
- 2
unlaid (of a table)
ein ungedeckter Tisch
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. nicht durch eine Einlösung oder Bezahlung gewährleistet 2. ohne ausreichende Versorgung, ohne gesicherten Bedarf 3. nicht abgedeckt, ohne eine Außenschicht 4. ohne Essenszubehör (Geschirr und Besteck), nicht fürs Essen vorbereitet
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 ungedeckt
- ungedeckter masculine nominative singular
- ungedeckte feminine nominative singular
- ungedecktes neuter nominative singular
- ungedeckten genitive masculine singular
- ungedecktem dative masculine singular
- der ungedeckte definite includes-article masculine
- die ungedeckte definite feminine includes-article
- das ungedeckte definite includes-article neuter
- die ungedeckten definite includes-article nominative
- des ungedeckten definite genitive includes-article
- der ungedeckten definite feminine genitive
- dem ungedeckten dative definite includes-article
- den ungedeckten dative definite includes-article
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce ungedeckt?
- [ˈʊnɡəˌdɛkt]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is ungedeckt in German?
ungedeckt appears about once in every 7 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).