Unwort
German, noun/ˈʊnˌvɔʁt/
Unwort is spelled U-N-W-O-R-T (6 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written German, the 52,749th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Unwort is a German neuter noun meaning “inappropriate, offensive neologism” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “neu gebildetes und schlimmes, unangebrachtes, verwerfliches Wort”.
What does Unwort mean in English?
noun
- 1
neuterinappropriate, offensive neologism
- 2
neutermalformed neologism
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. neu gebildetes und schlimmes, unangebrachtes, verwerfliches Wort 2. unschönes Wort, ein falsch oder unglücklich gebildetes Wort
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 Unwort
- Unwortes genitive
- Unworts genitive
- Unwörter plural
- Unworte plural
- Unwörtern dative definite plural
- Unworten dative definite plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Unwort?
- /ˈʊnˌvɔʁt/
- [ˈʊnˌvɔʁt]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Unwort in German?
Unwort 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).