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unhygienisch

German, adjective/ˈʊnhyˌɡi̯eːnɪʃ/

unhygienisch is a German adjective meaning “unhygienic, insanitary” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “nicht hygienisch, unsauber, dreckig”.

What does unhygienisch mean in English?

adjective

  1. 1

    unhygienic, insanitary

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

How German dictionaries define it

adjective: 1. nicht hygienisch, unsauber, dreckig

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 unhygienisch

  • unhygienischer masculine nominative singular
  • am unhygienischsten superlative
  • unhygienische feminine nominative singular
  • unhygienisches neuter nominative singular
  • unhygienischen genitive masculine singular
  • unhygienischem dative masculine singular
  • der unhygienische definite includes-article masculine
  • die unhygienische definite feminine includes-article
  • das unhygienische definite includes-article neuter
  • die unhygienischen definite includes-article nominative
  • des unhygienischen definite genitive includes-article
  • der unhygienischen definite feminine genitive
  • dem unhygienischen dative definite includes-article

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

How do you pronounce unhygienisch?

  • /ˈʊnhyˌɡi̯eːnɪʃ/
  • [ˈʊnhyˌɡi̯eːnɪʃ]

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

English words that translate to unhygienisch

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

How common is unhygienisch in German?

unhygienisch appears about once in every 4 million words in written German.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).