Unsinn
German, noun/ˈʊnzɪn/
Unsinn is spelled U-N-S-I-N-N (6 letters) and appears 20 times per million words in written German, the 3,959th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Unsinn is a German masculine noun meaning “nonsense” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “etwas, das keinen Sinn hat”.
What does Unsinn mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinenonsense
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. etwas, das keinen Sinn hat 2. unüberlegte Handlung
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 Unsinn
- Unsinnes genitive
- Unsinns genitive
- Unsinne dative singular
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Unsinn?
- /ˈʊnzɪn/
- [ˈʔʊnzɪn]
- [ˈʊnzɪn]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Unsinn
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Unsinn in German?
Unsinn appears 20 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).