Unreinheit
German, noun[ˈʊnʁaɪ̯nhaɪ̯t]
Unreinheit is spelled U-N-R-E-I-N-H-E-I-T (10 letters) and appears about once in every 5 million words in written German, the 118,498th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Unreinheit is a German feminine noun meaning “impurity” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Eigenschaft, nicht rein, sauber, also in gewisser Weise verunreinigt zu sein”.
What does Unreinheit mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineimpurity
- 2
feminineritual impurity; a state of being unfit for contact with the holy, caused e.g. by sin or by bodily conditions
- 3
femininesomething impure, an impure spot, e.g. a pimple or stain
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Eigenschaft, nicht rein, sauber, also in gewisser Weise verunreinigt zu sein 2. etwas, was [1] ausmacht
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 Unreinheit
- Unreinheiten plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Unreinheit?
- [ˈʊnʁaɪ̯nhaɪ̯t]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Unreinheit
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Unreinheit in German?
Unreinheit appears about once in every 5 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).