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unpersönlich

German, adjective[ˈʊnpɛɐ̯ˌzøːnlɪç]

unpersönlich is spelled U-N-P-E-R-S-Ö-N-L-I-C-H (12 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written German, the 63,211th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Unpersönlich is a German adjective meaning “impersonal” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “nichts Menschliches, keine Herzlichkeit zeigend”.

What does unpersönlich mean in English?

adjective

  1. 1

    impersonal

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

How German dictionaries define it

adjective: 1. nichts Menschliches, keine Herzlichkeit zeigend 2. keinen eigenen Charakter, keine individuellen Züge aufweisend 3. auf kein bestimmtes Subjekt, keine Person bezogen

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 unpersönlich

  • unpersönlicher masculine nominative singular
  • am unpersönlichsten superlative
  • unpersönliche feminine nominative singular
  • unpersönliches neuter nominative singular
  • unpersönlichen genitive masculine singular
  • unpersönlichem dative masculine singular
  • der unpersönliche definite includes-article masculine
  • die unpersönliche definite feminine includes-article
  • das unpersönliche definite includes-article neuter
  • die unpersönlichen definite includes-article nominative
  • des unpersönlichen definite genitive includes-article
  • der unpersönlichen definite feminine genitive
  • dem unpersönlichen dative definite includes-article

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

How do you pronounce unpersönlich?

  • [ˈʊnpɛɐ̯ˌzøːnlɪç]

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

English words that translate to unpersönlich

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

How common is unpersönlich in German?

unpersönlich 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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