ungewiss
German, adjective[ˈʔʊnɡəvɪs]
ungewiss is spelled U-N-G-E-W-I-S-S (8 letters) and appears 3.0 times per million words in written German, the 18,198th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Ungewiss is a German adjective meaning “uncertain” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “(noch) nicht feststehend”.
What does ungewiss mean in English?
adjective
- 1
uncertain
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. (noch) nicht feststehend 2. keine Klarheit über etwas besitzend 3. wegen der Beschaffenheit nicht deutlich wahrnehmbar
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 ungewiss
- ungewisser masculine nominative singular
- am ungewissesten superlative
- ungewisse feminine nominative singular
- ungewisses neuter nominative singular
- ungewissen genitive masculine singular
- ungewissem dative masculine singular
- der ungewisse definite includes-article masculine
- die ungewisse definite feminine includes-article
- das ungewisse definite includes-article neuter
- die ungewissen definite includes-article nominative
- des ungewissen definite genitive includes-article
- der ungewissen definite feminine genitive
- dem ungewissen dative definite includes-article
- ungewiß obsolete
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce ungewiss?
- [ˈʔʊnɡəvɪs]
- [ˈʊnɡəvɪs]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to ungewiss
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is ungewiss in German?
ungewiss appears 3.0 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).