unwirsch
German, adjective/ˈʊnˌvɪʁʃ/
unwirsch is spelled U-N-W-I-R-S-C-H (8 letters) and appears about once in every 5 million words in written German, the 110,302nd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Unwirsch is a German adjective meaning “surly, gruff, testy” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “äußerst grob und überaus unwillig”.
What does unwirsch mean in English?
adjective
- 1
surly, gruff, testy
- 2
archaicangry, indignant, scornful
- 3
obsoletecontemptible, dispicable, evil
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. äußerst grob und überaus unwillig 2. ungemütlich, so dass man dem entfliehen möchte 3. nur wenig oder gar nicht geachtet 4. negative Gefühle hervorrufend, Ablehnung auslösend; böse, verächtlich
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 unwirsch
- unwirscher masculine nominative singular
- am unwirschesten superlative
- am unwirschsten superlative
- unwirsche feminine nominative singular
- unwirsches neuter nominative singular
- unwirschen genitive masculine singular
- unwirschem dative masculine singular
- der unwirsche definite includes-article masculine
- die unwirsche definite feminine includes-article
- das unwirsche definite includes-article neuter
- die unwirschen definite includes-article nominative
- des unwirschen definite genitive includes-article
- der unwirschen definite feminine genitive
- dem unwirschen dative definite includes-article
- unwirrsch obsolete
- unwirrisch obsolete
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce unwirsch?
- /ˈʊnˌvɪʁʃ/
- [ˈʊnˌvɪʁʃ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to unwirsch
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is unwirsch in German?
unwirsch appears about once in every 5 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).