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ungemein

German, adjective/ˈʊnɡəˌmaɪ̯n/

ungemein is spelled U-N-G-E-M-E-I-N (8 letters) and appears 5.0 times per million words in written German, the 12,256th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Ungemein is a German adjective meaning “uncommonly, very, tremendously” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “sehr, in äußerst hohem Maße”.

What does ungemein mean in English?

adjective

  1. 1

    uncommonly, very, tremendously

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

How German dictionaries define it

adjective: 1. sehr, in äußerst hohem Maße

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 ungemein

  • ungemeiner masculine nominative singular
  • ungemeine feminine nominative singular
  • ungemeines neuter nominative singular
  • ungemeinen genitive masculine singular
  • ungemeinem dative masculine singular
  • der ungemeine definite includes-article masculine
  • die ungemeine definite feminine includes-article
  • das ungemeine definite includes-article neuter
  • die ungemeinen definite includes-article nominative
  • des ungemeinen definite genitive includes-article
  • der ungemeinen definite feminine genitive
  • dem ungemeinen dative definite includes-article
  • den ungemeinen dative definite includes-article

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

How do you pronounce ungemein?

  • /ˈʊnɡəˌmaɪ̯n/
  • [ˈʊnɡəˌmaɪ̯n]

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

English words that translate to ungemein

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

How common is ungemein in German?

ungemein appears 5.0 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).

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