ungelegen
German, adjective/ˈʊnɡəˌleːɡn̩/
ungelegen is a German adjective meaning “inconvenient, inopportune” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “nach Zeit oder Umständen unwillkommen, ungeeignet”.
What does ungelegen mean in English?
adjective
- 1
inconvenient, inopportune
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. nach Zeit oder Umständen unwillkommen, ungeeignet
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 ungelegen
- ungelegener masculine nominative singular
- ungelegene feminine nominative singular
- ungelegenes neuter nominative singular
- ungelegenen genitive masculine singular
- ungelegenem dative masculine singular
- der ungelegene definite includes-article masculine
- die ungelegene definite feminine includes-article
- das ungelegene definite includes-article neuter
- die ungelegenen definite includes-article nominative
- des ungelegenen definite genitive includes-article
- der ungelegenen definite feminine genitive
- dem ungelegenen dative definite includes-article
- den ungelegenen dative definite includes-article
- ungelegner positive nominative strong
- ungelegne positive nominative strong
- ungelegnes positive nominative strong
- ungelegnen positive genitive strong
- ungelegnem positive dative strong
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce ungelegen?
- /ˈʊnɡəˌleːɡn̩/
- [ˈʊnɡəˌleːɡn̩]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to ungelegen
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is ungelegen in German?
ungelegen 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).