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unsportlich

German, adjective[ˈʊnˌʃpɔʁtlɪç]

unsportlich is spelled U-N-S-P-O-R-T-L-I-C-H (11 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written German, the 61,377th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Unsportlich is a German adjective meaning “unathletic, unfit, not good at sports” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “im Sport unbegabt seiend”.

What does unsportlich mean in English?

adjective

  1. 1

    unathletic, unfit, not good at sports

  2. 2

    unsportsmanlike

Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How German dictionaries define it

adjective: 1. im Sport unbegabt seiend 2. unehrlich, unfair; meist im Rahmen eines sportlichen Wettkampfes

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 unsportlich

  • unsportlicher masculine nominative singular
  • am unsportlichsten superlative
  • unsportliche feminine nominative singular
  • unsportliches neuter nominative singular
  • unsportlichen genitive masculine singular
  • unsportlichem dative masculine singular
  • der unsportliche definite includes-article masculine
  • die unsportliche definite feminine includes-article
  • das unsportliche definite includes-article neuter
  • die unsportlichen definite includes-article nominative
  • des unsportlichen definite genitive includes-article
  • der unsportlichen definite feminine genitive
  • dem unsportlichen dative definite includes-article

Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce unsportlich?

  • [ˈʊnˌʃpɔʁtlɪç]

Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

English words that translate to unsportlich

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is unsportlich in German?

unsportlich appears about once in every 2 million words in written German.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

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