unschicklich
German, adjective/ˈʊnˌʃɪklɪç/
unschicklich is spelled U-N-S-C-H-I-C-K-L-I-C-H (12 letters) and appears about once in every 6 million words in written German, the 129,075th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Unschicklich is a German adjective meaning “indecent, unseemly” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “den Sitten und Konventionen einer Gesellschaft nicht entsprechend”.
What does unschicklich mean in English?
adjective
- 1
datedindecent, unseemly
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. den Sitten und Konventionen einer Gesellschaft nicht entsprechend
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 unschicklich
- unschicklicher masculine nominative singular
- am unschicklichsten superlative
- unschickliche feminine nominative singular
- unschickliches neuter nominative singular
- unschicklichen genitive masculine singular
- unschicklichem dative masculine singular
- der unschickliche definite includes-article masculine
- die unschickliche definite feminine includes-article
- das unschickliche definite includes-article neuter
- die unschicklichen definite includes-article nominative
- des unschicklichen definite genitive includes-article
- der unschicklichen definite feminine genitive
- dem unschicklichen dative definite includes-article
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce unschicklich?
- /ˈʊnˌʃɪklɪç/
- [ˈʊnˌʃɪklɪç]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to unschicklich
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is unschicklich in German?
unschicklich appears about once in every 6 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).