unmöglich
German, adjective/ʔʊn.ˈmøː.klɪç/
unmöglich is spelled U-N-M-Ö-G-L-I-C-H (9 letters) and appears 47 times per million words in written German, the 1,815th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Unmöglich is a German adjective meaning “impossible” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “nicht machbar, undurchführbar”.
What does unmöglich mean in English?
adjective
- 1
impossible
etwas unmöglich machen
- 2
colloquialridiculous, improper (not aligned with aesthetic or social norms or expectations)
Diese laute Musik ist wirklich unmöglich!
adverb
- 1
impossibly
- 2
not…possibly, it is not possible for/that…
Ich kann dir unmöglich helfen.
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. nicht machbar, undurchführbar 2. unduldbar, unentschuldbar, nicht akzeptabel, unpassend 3. unwahrscheinlich, nicht vorstellbar, seltsam, merkwürdig
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 unmöglich
- unmöglicher masculine nominative singular
- am unmöglichsten superlative
- unmögliche feminine nominative singular
- unmögliches neuter nominative singular
- unmöglichen genitive masculine singular
- unmöglichem dative masculine singular
- der unmögliche definite includes-article masculine
- die unmögliche definite feminine includes-article
- das unmögliche definite includes-article neuter
- die unmöglichen definite includes-article nominative
- des unmöglichen definite genitive includes-article
- der unmöglichen definite feminine genitive
- dem unmöglichen dative definite includes-article
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce unmöglich?
- /ʔʊn.ˈmøː.klɪç/
- [ʔʊm.ˈmøː.klɪç]
- [ˈʊnmøːklɪç]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to unmöglich
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is unmöglich in German?
unmöglich appears 47 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).