Unglück
German, noun/ˈʊnˌɡlʏk/
Unglück is spelled U-N-G-L-Ü-C-K (7 letters) and appears 15 times per million words in written German, the 5,079th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Unglück is a German neuter noun meaning “unhappiness; sorrow” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “negatives Ereignis”.
What does Unglück mean in English?
noun
- 1
neuterunhappiness; sorrow
- 2
neuterbad luck; misfortune
- 3
neuteraccident, calamity, catastrophe
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. negatives Ereignis 2. folgenschwerer Vorfall mit einem tragischen Ende
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 Unglück
- Unglückes genitive
- Unglücks genitive
- Unglücke plural
- Unglücken dative definite plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Unglück?
- /ˈʊnˌɡlʏk/
- [ˈʊnˌɡlʏk]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Unglück
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Unglück in German?
Unglück appears 15 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).