Unruh
German, noun[ˈʊnʁuː]
Unruh is spelled U-N-R-U-H (5 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written German, the 52,012th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Unruh is a German feminine noun meaning “balance wheel of a timepiece” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “meistens mit einer Spiralfeder verbundenes Schwungrad in mechanischen Uhren, das für einen gleichmäßigen Gang…”.
What does Unruh mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininebalance wheel of a timepiece
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. meistens mit einer Spiralfeder verbundenes Schwungrad in mechanischen Uhren, das für einen gleichmäßigen Gang sorgt
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 Unruh
- Unruhen plural
- Unruhe alternative archaic
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Unruh?
- [ˈʊnʁuː]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Unruh in German?
Unruh 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).