Unvernunft
German, noun/ˈʊnfɛɐ̯ˌnʊnft/
Unvernunft is spelled U-N-V-E-R-N-U-N-F-T (10 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written German, the 66,083rd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Unvernunft is a German feminine noun meaning “irrationality, unreason” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “unbedachte Verhaltensweise, mangelnde Vernunft”.
What does Unvernunft mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineirrationality, unreason
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. unbedachte Verhaltensweise, mangelnde Vernunft
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
How do you pronounce Unvernunft?
- /ˈʊnfɛɐ̯ˌnʊnft/
- [ˈʊnfɛɐ̯ˌnʊnft]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Unvernunft
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Unvernunft in German?
Unvernunft 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).