unsinkbar
German, adjective/ˈʊnzɪŋkbaːɐ̯/
unsinkbar is spelled U-N-S-I-N-K-B-A-R (9 letters) and appears about once in every 17 million words in written German, the 228,970th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Unsinkbar is a German adjective meaning “unsinkable” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “nicht sinken könnend; durch Verwendung von Holz oder Auftriebskörpern weniger dicht (spezifisch leichter) als…”.
What does unsinkbar mean in English?
adjective
- 1
unsinkable
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. nicht sinken könnend; durch Verwendung von Holz oder Auftriebskörpern weniger dicht (spezifisch leichter) als Wasser 2. von (vermeintlich) hoher Sicherheit
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 unsinkbar
- unsinkbarer masculine nominative singular
- unsinkbare feminine nominative singular
- unsinkbares neuter nominative singular
- unsinkbaren genitive masculine singular
- unsinkbarem dative masculine singular
- der unsinkbare definite includes-article masculine
- die unsinkbare definite feminine includes-article
- das unsinkbare definite includes-article neuter
- die unsinkbaren definite includes-article nominative
- des unsinkbaren definite genitive includes-article
- der unsinkbaren definite feminine genitive
- dem unsinkbaren dative definite includes-article
- den unsinkbaren dative definite includes-article
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce unsinkbar?
- /ˈʊnzɪŋkbaːɐ̯/
- [ˈʊnzɪŋkbaːɐ̯]
- [ʊnˈzɪŋkbaːɐ̯]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to unsinkbar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is unsinkbar in German?
unsinkbar appears about once in every 17 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).