Ungeschicklichkeit
German, noun/ˈʊnɡəʃɪklɪçkaɪ̯t/
Ungeschicklichkeit is spelled U-N-G-E-S-C-H-I-C-K-L-I-C-H-K-E-I-T (18 letters) and appears about once in every 7 million words in written German, the 142,439th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Ungeschicklichkeit is a German feminine noun meaning “a lack of dexterity, lack of skill, clumsiness, awkwardness” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Eigenschaft, nicht geschickt zu sein”.
What does Ungeschicklichkeit mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininea lack of dexterity, lack of skill, clumsiness, awkwardness
- 2
feminineblunder, slip
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Eigenschaft, nicht geschickt zu sein 2. Handlung, die von [1] geprägt ist
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 Ungeschicklichkeit
- Ungeschicklichkeiten plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Ungeschicklichkeit?
- /ˈʊnɡəʃɪklɪçkaɪ̯t/
- [ˈʊnɡəˌʃɪklɪçkaɪ̯t]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Ungeschicklichkeit
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Ungeschicklichkeit in German?
Ungeschicklichkeit 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).