unpassend
German, adjective[ˈʊnˌpasn̩t]
unpassend is spelled U-N-P-A-S-S-E-N-D (9 letters) and appears 2.6 times per million words in written German, the 19,862nd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Unpassend is a German adjective meaning “improper; unsuitable to needs or circumstances” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “nicht passend, ungünstig”.
What does unpassend mean in English?
adjective
- 1
improper; unsuitable to needs or circumstances
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. nicht passend, ungünstig 2. jemand oder etwas wirkt, verhält sich oder ist unangebracht
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 unpassend
- unpassender masculine nominative singular
- am unpassendsten superlative
- unpassende feminine nominative singular
- unpassendes neuter nominative singular
- unpassenden genitive masculine singular
- unpassendem dative masculine singular
- der unpassende definite includes-article masculine
- die unpassende definite feminine includes-article
- das unpassende definite includes-article neuter
- die unpassenden definite includes-article nominative
- des unpassenden definite genitive includes-article
- der unpassenden definite feminine genitive
- dem unpassenden dative definite includes-article
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce unpassend?
- [ˈʊnˌpasn̩t]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to unpassend
- inappropriate
- improper
- inconvenient
- untimely
- inappropriately
- incongruous
- unseemly
- unbecoming
- inopportune
- antic
- inapplicable
- uncongenial
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is unpassend in German?
unpassend appears 2.6 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).