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unscharf

German, adjective/ˈʊnˌʃaʁf/

unscharf is spelled U-N-S-C-H-A-R-F (8 letters) and appears 1.7 times per million words in written German, the 27,235th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Unscharf is a German adjective meaning “blurred, fuzzy, out of focus, indistinct” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “mit den Augen nicht deutlich erkennbar”.

What does unscharf mean in English?

adjective

  1. 1

    blurred, fuzzy, out of focus, indistinct

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

How German dictionaries define it

adjective: 1. mit den Augen nicht deutlich erkennbar 2. nicht exakt, nur vage 3. sich nicht mehr gut zum schneiden eignen; stumpf

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 unscharf

  • unscharfer masculine nominative singular
  • am unscharfsten superlative
  • unscharfe feminine nominative singular
  • unscharfes neuter nominative singular
  • unscharfen genitive masculine singular
  • unscharfem dative masculine singular
  • der unscharfe definite includes-article masculine
  • die unscharfe definite feminine includes-article
  • das unscharfe definite includes-article neuter
  • die unscharfen definite includes-article nominative
  • des unscharfen definite genitive includes-article
  • der unscharfen definite feminine genitive
  • dem unscharfen dative definite includes-article
  • unschärfer comparative
  • am unschärfsten superlative

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

How do you pronounce unscharf?

  • /ˈʊnˌʃaʁf/
  • [ˈʊnˌʃaʁf]

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

English words that translate to unscharf

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

How common is unscharf in German?

unscharf appears 1.7 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).

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