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unglaublich

German, adjective/ʊnˈɡlau̯plɪç/

unglaublich is spelled U-N-G-L-A-U-B-L-I-C-H (11 letters) and appears 54 times per million words in written German, the 1,596th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Unglaublich is a German adjective meaning “unbelievable, incredible” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “nicht zu glauben, unwahrscheinlich”.

What does unglaublich mean in English?

adjective

  1. 1

    unbelievable, incredible

adverb

  1. 1

    unbelievably, incredibly (to an extent not to be believed)

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

How German dictionaries define it

adjective: 1. nicht zu glauben, unwahrscheinlich 2. von außergewöhnlicher Größe, Intensität, Zahl 3. Ärger, Empörung verursachend, nicht angemessen

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 unglaublich

  • unglaublicher masculine nominative singular
  • am unglaublichsten superlative
  • unglaubliche feminine nominative singular
  • unglaubliches neuter nominative singular
  • unglaublichen genitive masculine singular
  • unglaublichem dative masculine singular
  • der unglaubliche definite includes-article masculine
  • die unglaubliche definite feminine includes-article
  • das unglaubliche definite includes-article neuter
  • die unglaublichen definite includes-article nominative
  • des unglaublichen definite genitive includes-article
  • der unglaublichen definite feminine genitive
  • dem unglaublichen dative definite includes-article

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

How do you pronounce unglaublich?

  • /ʊnˈɡlau̯plɪç/
  • [ʊnˈɡlaʊ̯plɪç]
  • [ˈʊnɡlaʊ̯plɪç]

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

English words that translate to unglaublich

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

How common is unglaublich in German?

unglaublich appears 54 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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