Unheil
German, noun/ˈʊnˌhaɪ̯l/
Unheil is spelled U-N-H-E-I-L (6 letters) and appears 3.0 times per million words in written German, the 17,848th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Unheil is a German neuter noun meaning “calamity, disaster (an event resulting in great loss)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “ein furchtbares, schreckliches Geschehen, Ereignis”.
What does Unheil mean in English?
noun
- 1
neutercalamity, disaster (an event resulting in great loss)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. ein furchtbares, schreckliches Geschehen, Ereignis
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 Unheil
- Unheils genitive
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Unheil?
- /ˈʊnˌhaɪ̯l/
- [ˈʊnˌhaɪ̯l]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Unheil
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Unheil in German?
Unheil 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).