Unstern
German, noun/ˈʊnˌʃtɛʁn/
Unstern is spelled U-N-S-T-E-R-N (7 letters) and appears about once in every 23 million words in written German, the 278,604th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Unstern is a German masculine noun meaning “unlucky star; bad sign” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “ungünstige Vorzeichen/ungünstiges Geschick”.
What does Unstern mean in English?
noun
- 1
datedmasculineunlucky star; bad sign
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. ungünstige Vorzeichen/ungünstiges Geschick
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 Unstern
- Unsternes genitive
- Unsterns genitive
- Unsterne dative singular
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Unstern?
- /ˈʊnˌʃtɛʁn/
- [ˈʊnˌʃtɛʁn]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Unstern in German?
Unstern appears about once in every 23 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).