Unterkunft
German, noun/ˈʊntɐˌkʊnft/
Unterkunft is spelled U-N-T-E-R-K-U-N-F-T (10 letters) and appears 11 times per million words in written German, the 6,412th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Unterkunft is a German feminine noun meaning “accommodation (lodging)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “vorübergehender Aufenthalt”.
What does Unterkunft mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineaccommodation (lodging)
angemessene Unterkunft
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. vorübergehender Aufenthalt
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 Unterkunft
- Unterkünfte plural
- Unterkünften dative definite plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Unterkunft?
- /ˈʊntɐˌkʊnft/
- [ˈʊntɐˌkʊnft]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Unterkunft
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Unterkunft in German?
Unterkunft appears 11 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).