Unterbewusstsein
German, noun/ˈʔʊntɐbəvʊstzaɪ̯n/
Unterbewusstsein is spelled U-N-T-E-R-B-E-W-U-S-S-T-S-E-I-N (16 letters) and appears 2.0 times per million words in written German, the 23,884th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Unterbewusstsein is a German neuter noun meaning “subconscious mind” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “jener Bereich der menschlichen Psyche, der dem Bewusstsein nicht direkt zugänglich ist”.
What does Unterbewusstsein mean in English?
noun
- 1
neutersubconscious mind
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. jener Bereich der menschlichen Psyche, der dem Bewusstsein nicht direkt zugänglich ist
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 Unterbewusstsein
- Unterbewusstseins genitive
- Unterbewußtsein obsolete
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Unterbewusstsein?
- /ˈʔʊntɐbəvʊstzaɪ̯n/
- [ˈʊntɐbəˌvʊstzaɪ̯n]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Unterbewusstsein
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Unterbewusstsein in German?
Unterbewusstsein appears 2.0 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).