unorthodox
German, adjective/ˈʊn.ʔɔʁ.toˌdɔks/
unorthodox is spelled U-N-O-R-T-H-O-D-O-X (10 letters) and appears about once in every 4 million words in written German, the 96,776th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Unorthodox is a German adjective meaning “unorthodox” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “auf ungewohnte, überraschende Art; keinen starren Regeln folgend”.
What does unorthodox mean in English?
adjective
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unorthodox
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. auf ungewohnte, überraschende Art; keinen starren Regeln folgend
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 unorthodox
- unorthodoxer masculine nominative singular
- am unorthodoxesten superlative
- unorthodoxe feminine nominative singular
- unorthodoxes neuter nominative singular
- unorthodoxen genitive masculine singular
- unorthodoxem dative masculine singular
- der unorthodoxe definite includes-article masculine
- die unorthodoxe definite feminine includes-article
- das unorthodoxe definite includes-article neuter
- die unorthodoxen definite includes-article nominative
- des unorthodoxen definite genitive includes-article
- der unorthodoxen definite feminine genitive
- dem unorthodoxen dative definite includes-article
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce unorthodox?
- /ˈʊn.ʔɔʁ.toˌdɔks/
- [ˈʊnʔɔʁtoˌdɔks]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to unorthodox
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is unorthodox in German?
unorthodox appears about once in every 4 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).