ungesetzlich
German, adjective[ˈʊnɡəˌzɛt͡slɪç]
ungesetzlich is spelled U-N-G-E-S-E-T-Z-L-I-C-H (12 letters) and appears about once in every 3 million words in written German, the 88,766th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Ungesetzlich is a German adjective meaning “illegal” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “nicht konform mit den geltenden Gesetzen, gegen ein Gesetz verstoßend”.
What does ungesetzlich mean in English?
adjective
- 1
illegal
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. nicht konform mit den geltenden Gesetzen, gegen ein Gesetz verstoßend
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 ungesetzlich
- ungesetzlicher masculine nominative singular
- am ungesetzlichsten superlative
- ungesetzliche feminine nominative singular
- ungesetzliches neuter nominative singular
- ungesetzlichen genitive masculine singular
- ungesetzlichem dative masculine singular
- der ungesetzliche definite includes-article masculine
- die ungesetzliche definite feminine includes-article
- das ungesetzliche definite includes-article neuter
- die ungesetzlichen definite includes-article nominative
- des ungesetzlichen definite genitive includes-article
- der ungesetzlichen definite feminine genitive
- dem ungesetzlichen dative definite includes-article
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce ungesetzlich?
- [ˈʊnɡəˌzɛt͡slɪç]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to ungesetzlich
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is ungesetzlich in German?
ungesetzlich appears about once in every 3 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).