unsinnig
German, adjective/ˈʊnˌzɪnɪç/
unsinnig is spelled U-N-S-I-N-N-I-G (8 letters) and appears 2.1 times per million words in written German, the 23,467th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Unsinnig is a German adjective meaning “nonsensical” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “nicht sinnvoll, mit gesundem Menschenverstand nicht nachvollziehbar”.
What does unsinnig mean in English?
adjective
- 1
nonsensical
- 2
unreasonable
adverb
- 1
nonsensically
- 2
unreasonably
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. nicht sinnvoll, mit gesundem Menschenverstand nicht nachvollziehbar 2. sehr, übermäßig, übertrieben
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 unsinnig
- unsinniger masculine nominative singular
- am unsinnigsten superlative
- unsinnige feminine nominative singular
- unsinniges neuter nominative singular
- unsinnigen genitive masculine singular
- unsinnigem dative masculine singular
- der unsinnige definite includes-article masculine
- die unsinnige definite feminine includes-article
- das unsinnige definite includes-article neuter
- die unsinnigen definite includes-article nominative
- des unsinnigen definite genitive includes-article
- der unsinnigen definite feminine genitive
- dem unsinnigen dative definite includes-article
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce unsinnig?
- /ˈʊnˌzɪnɪç/
- [ˈʊnˌzɪnɪç]
- [ˈʊnˌzɪnɪk]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to unsinnig
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is unsinnig in German?
unsinnig appears 2.1 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).