Unruhe
German, noun[ˈʊnˌruːə]
Unruhe is spelled U-N-R-U-H-E (6 letters) and appears 5.8 times per million words in written German, the 11,022nd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Unruhe is a German feminine noun meaning “turbulence, perturbation, moving more than biding, budging more than considered pleasant” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “(als unangenehm oder lästig empfundene) Bewegungen oder Geräusche”.
What does Unruhe mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineturbulence, perturbation, moving more than biding, budging more than considered pleasant
- 2
femininerestlessness, nervousness, lacking calmness of the inner disposition of a human or other animal
- 3
feminineturmoil, unrest, upheaval, fights in a country
- 4
archaicfemininearchaic form of Unruh (“balance wheel of a timepiece”)
- 5
femininefield eryngo (Eryngium campestre)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. (als unangenehm oder lästig empfundene) Bewegungen oder Geräusche 2. aus dem eigenen Inneren kommende Aufregung; innere Angespanntheit und/oder Unzufriedenheit 3. Aufstand gegen bestehende Verhältnisse 4. 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 Unruhe
- Unruhen plural
- Unruh variant
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Unruhe?
- [ˈʊnˌruːə]
- [ˈʊnˌʁuːə]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Unruhe
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Unruhe in German?
Unruhe appears 5.8 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).