unsicher
German, adjective/ˈʊnˌzɪçɐ/
unsicher is spelled U-N-S-I-C-H-E-R (8 letters) and appears 14 times per million words in written German, the 5,161st most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Unsicher is a German adjective meaning “uncertain” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “eine Gefahr drohend, in sich bergend”.
What does unsicher mean in English?
adjective
- 1
uncertain
- 2
unsafe
- 3
insecure
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. eine Gefahr drohend, in sich bergend 2. der Ausgang die Zukunft ist fraglich oder zweifelhaft, nicht klar 3. kein Selbstbewusstsein, seiner selbst nicht sicher sein 4. man kann sich auf etwas nicht verlassen, darauf vertrauen
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 unsicher
- unsicherer masculine nominative singular
- unsichrer comparative
- am unsichersten superlative
- unsichere feminine nominative singular
- unsicheres neuter nominative singular
- unsicheren genitive masculine singular
- unsicherem dative masculine singular
- der unsichere definite includes-article masculine
- die unsichere definite feminine includes-article
- das unsichere definite includes-article neuter
- die unsicheren definite includes-article nominative
- des unsicheren definite genitive includes-article
- der unsicheren definite feminine genitive
- dem unsicheren dative definite includes-article
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce unsicher?
- /ˈʊnˌzɪçɐ/
- [ˈʊnˌzɪçɐ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to unsicher
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is unsicher in German?
unsicher appears 14 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).