unlängst
German, adverb/ˈʊnlɛŋst/
unlängst is spelled U-N-L-Ä-N-G-S-T (8 letters) and appears 2.0 times per million words in written German, the 23,884th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Unlängst is a German adverb meaning “recently (in the recent past)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “vor nicht allzu langer Zeit”.
What does unlängst mean in English?
adverb
- 1
recently (in the recent past)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adverb: 1. vor nicht allzu langer Zeit
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
How do you pronounce unlängst?
- /ˈʊnlɛŋst/
- [ˈʊnlɛŋst]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is unlängst in German?
unlängst appears 2.0 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).