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unleserlich

German, adjective/ˈʊnˌleːzɐlɪç/

unleserlich is spelled U-N-L-E-S-E-R-L-I-C-H (11 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written German, the 71,199th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Unleserlich is a German adjective meaning “illegible” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “nicht oder schwer zu entziffern”.

What does unleserlich mean in English?

adjective

  1. 1

    illegible

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

How German dictionaries define it

adjective: 1. nicht oder schwer zu entziffern

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 unleserlich

  • unleserlicher masculine nominative singular
  • am unleserlichsten superlative
  • unleserliche feminine nominative singular
  • unleserliches neuter nominative singular
  • unleserlichen genitive masculine singular
  • unleserlichem dative masculine singular
  • der unleserliche definite includes-article masculine
  • die unleserliche definite feminine includes-article
  • das unleserliche definite includes-article neuter
  • die unleserlichen definite includes-article nominative
  • des unleserlichen definite genitive includes-article
  • der unleserlichen definite feminine genitive
  • dem unleserlichen dative definite includes-article

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

How do you pronounce unleserlich?

  • /ˈʊnˌleːzɐlɪç/
  • [ˈʊnˌleːzɐlɪç]

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

English words that translate to unleserlich

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

How common is unleserlich in German?

unleserlich appears about once in every 2 million words in written German.

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

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