unkundig
German, adjective/ˈʊnˌkʊndɪç/
unkundig is spelled U-N-K-U-N-D-I-G (8 letters) and appears about once in every 21 million words in written German, the 264,454th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Unkundig is a German adjective meaning “ignorant (having little knowledge)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “sich auf einem Gebiet nicht auskennend, keine Kenntnisse über etwas besitzend”.
What does unkundig mean in English?
adjective
- 1
ignorant (having little knowledge)
- 2
ignorant
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. sich auf einem Gebiet nicht auskennend, keine Kenntnisse über etwas besitzend
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 unkundig
- unkundiger masculine nominative singular
- am unkundigsten superlative
- unkundige feminine nominative singular
- unkundiges neuter nominative singular
- unkundigen genitive masculine singular
- unkundigem dative masculine singular
- der unkundige definite includes-article masculine
- die unkundige definite feminine includes-article
- das unkundige definite includes-article neuter
- die unkundigen definite includes-article nominative
- des unkundigen definite genitive includes-article
- der unkundigen definite feminine genitive
- dem unkundigen dative definite includes-article
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce unkundig?
- /ˈʊnˌkʊndɪç/
- /ˈʊnˌkʊndɪk/
- [ˈʊnˌkʊndɪç]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is unkundig in German?
unkundig appears about once in every 21 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).