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ungnädig

German, adjective/ˈʊnˌɡnɛːdɪç/

ungnädig is spelled U-N-G-N-Ä-D-I-G (8 letters) and appears about once in every 11 million words in written German, the 177,389th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Ungnädig is a German adjective meaning “irritated, grumpy” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “schlechter Laune”.

What does ungnädig mean in English?

adjective

  1. 1

    irritated, grumpy

  2. 2

    unhealthy

  3. 3

    merciless, cruel

  4. 4

    ungracious

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

How German dictionaries define it

adjective: 1. schlechter Laune 2. verhängnisvoll, ungünstig 3. Gegenteil von gnädig, keine Gnade zeigend

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 ungnädig

  • ungnädiger masculine nominative singular
  • am ungnädigsten superlative
  • ungnädige feminine nominative singular
  • ungnädiges neuter nominative singular
  • ungnädigen genitive masculine singular
  • ungnädigem dative masculine singular
  • der ungnädige definite includes-article masculine
  • die ungnädige definite feminine includes-article
  • das ungnädige definite includes-article neuter
  • die ungnädigen definite includes-article nominative
  • des ungnädigen definite genitive includes-article
  • der ungnädigen definite feminine genitive
  • dem ungnädigen dative definite includes-article

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

How do you pronounce ungnädig?

  • /ˈʊnˌɡnɛːdɪç/
  • /ˈʊnˌɡneːdɪk/
  • [ˈʊnˌɡnɛːdɪç]

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

How common is ungnädig in German?

ungnädig appears about once in every 11 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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