unverhofft
German, adjective/ˈʊnfɛɐ̯ˌhɔft/
unverhofft is spelled U-N-V-E-R-H-O-F-F-T (10 letters) and appears 1.1 times per million words in written German, the 37,432nd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Unverhofft is a German adjective meaning “unexpected” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “nicht erwartbar, nicht erwartet, nicht zu erhoffen”.
What does unverhofft mean in English?
adjective
- 1
unexpected
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. nicht erwartbar, nicht erwartet, nicht zu erhoffen
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 unverhofft
- unverhoffter masculine nominative singular
- am unverhofftesten superlative
- unverhoffte feminine nominative singular
- unverhofftes neuter nominative singular
- unverhofften genitive masculine singular
- unverhofftem dative masculine singular
- der unverhoffte definite includes-article masculine
- die unverhoffte definite feminine includes-article
- das unverhoffte definite includes-article neuter
- die unverhofften definite includes-article nominative
- des unverhofften definite genitive includes-article
- der unverhofften definite feminine genitive
- dem unverhofften dative definite includes-article
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce unverhofft?
- /ˈʊnfɛɐ̯ˌhɔft/
- [ˈʊnfɛɐ̯ˌhɔft]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is unverhofft in German?
unverhofft appears 1.1 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).