Unkraut
German, noun/ˈʊnkʁaʊ̯t/
Unkraut is spelled U-N-K-R-A-U-T (7 letters) and appears 3.2 times per million words in written German, the 17,258th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Unkraut is a German neuter noun meaning “weed, weeds (unwanted plants)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “unerwünschte Pflanzen zwischen kultivierten Pflanzen”.
What does Unkraut mean in English?
noun
- 1
neuterweed, weeds (unwanted plants)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. unerwünschte Pflanzen zwischen kultivierten Pflanzen 2. Art oder einzelne Pflanze von [1]
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 Unkraut
- Unkrauts genitive
- Unkrautes genitive
- Unkräuter plural
- Unkraute dative singular
- Unkräutern dative definite plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Unkraut?
- /ˈʊnkʁaʊ̯t/
- [ˈʊnˌkʁaʊ̯t]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Unkraut
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Unkraut in German?
Unkraut appears 3.2 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).