Unwissen
German, noun/ˈʊnˌvɪsn̩/
Unwissen is spelled U-N-W-I-S-S-E-N (8 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written German, the 43,786th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Unwissen is a German neuter noun meaning “ignorance” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “mangelnde Kenntnis, mangelndes Wissen”.
What does Unwissen mean in English?
noun
- 1
neuterignorance
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. mangelnde Kenntnis, mangelndes Wissen
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 Unwissen
- Unwissens genitive
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Unwissen?
- /ˈʊnˌvɪsn̩/
- [ˈʊnˌvɪsn̩]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Unwissen
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Unwissen in German?
Unwissen appears about once in every 1 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).