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ungesund

German, adjective/ˈʊnɡəˌzʊnt/

ungesund is spelled U-N-G-E-S-U-N-D (8 letters) and appears 2.8 times per million words in written German, the 19,169th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Ungesund is a German adjective meaning “unhealthy (detrimental to health)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “schlecht für die Gesundheit”.

What does ungesund mean in English?

adjective

  1. 1

    unhealthy (detrimental to health)

  2. 2

    unhealthy (indicative of bad health)

  3. 3

    rareunhealthy; ill; in poor health; doubtful, but if usable at all, only for chronic or recurrent illness

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

How German dictionaries define it

adjective: 1. schlecht für die Gesundheit 2. auf eine Krankheit hindeutend 3. nicht vernünftig; unnatürlich

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 ungesund

  • ungesunder masculine nominative singular
  • ungesünder comparative
  • am ungesündesten superlative
  • am ungesundesten superlative
  • ungesunde feminine nominative singular
  • ungesundes neuter nominative singular
  • ungesunden genitive masculine singular
  • ungesundem dative masculine singular
  • der ungesunde definite includes-article masculine
  • die ungesunde definite feminine includes-article
  • das ungesunde definite includes-article neuter
  • die ungesunden definite includes-article nominative
  • des ungesunden definite genitive includes-article
  • der ungesunden definite feminine genitive
  • dem ungesunden dative definite includes-article

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

How do you pronounce ungesund?

  • /ˈʊnɡəˌzʊnt/
  • [ˈʊnɡəˌzʊnt]

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

English words that translate to ungesund

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

How common is ungesund in German?

ungesund appears 2.8 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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