Unmensch
German, noun/ˈʊnˌmɛnʃ/
Unmensch is a German masculine noun meaning “brute (coarse or brutal person)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “jemand, der unmenschlich ist oder sich unmenschlich verhält”.
What does Unmensch mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinebrute (coarse or brutal person)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. jemand, der unmenschlich ist oder sich unmenschlich verhält
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 Unmensch
- Unmenschen genitive
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Unmensch?
- /ˈʊnˌmɛnʃ/
- [ˈʊnˌmɛnʃ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Unmensch
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Unmensch in German?
Unmensch 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).