unrein
German, adjective/ˈʔʊnˌʁaɪ̯n/
unrein is spelled U-N-R-E-I-N (6 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written German, the 44,523rd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Unrein is a German adjective meaning “impure” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “nicht sauber, also in gewisser Weise verunreinigt, verschmutzt”.
What does unrein mean in English?
adjective
- 1
impure
- 2
dirty, foul
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. nicht sauber, also in gewisser Weise verunreinigt, verschmutzt 2. die Qualität von etwas beeinträchtigend, herabsetzend 3. als Gläubiger nicht annehmbar, akzeptabel 4. nicht anständig und ehrlich; unredlich
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 unrein
- unreiner masculine nominative singular
- am unreinsten superlative
- unreine feminine nominative singular
- unreines neuter nominative singular
- unreinen genitive masculine singular
- unreinem dative masculine singular
- der unreine definite includes-article masculine
- die unreine definite feminine includes-article
- das unreine definite includes-article neuter
- die unreinen definite includes-article nominative
- des unreinen definite genitive includes-article
- der unreinen definite feminine genitive
- dem unreinen dative definite includes-article
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce unrein?
- /ˈʔʊnˌʁaɪ̯n/
- [ˈʊnˌʁaɪ̯n]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to unrein
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is unrein in German?
unrein appears about once in every 1 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).