Unzulänglichkeit
German, noun/ˈʊnt͡suˌlɛŋlɪçkaɪ̯t/
Unzulänglichkeit is spelled U-N-Z-U-L-Ä-N-G-L-I-C-H-K-E-I-T (16 letters) and appears about once in every 3 million words in written German, the 73,335th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Unzulänglichkeit is a German feminine noun meaning “inadequacy, insufficiency” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Eigenschaft, einer bestimmten Anforderung nicht zu genügen”.
What does Unzulänglichkeit mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineinadequacy, insufficiency
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Eigenschaft, einer bestimmten Anforderung nicht zu genügen
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 Unzulänglichkeit
- Unzulänglichkeiten plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Unzulänglichkeit?
- /ˈʊnt͡suˌlɛŋlɪçkaɪ̯t/
- [ˈʊnt͡suˌlɛŋlɪçkaɪ̯t]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Unzulänglichkeit
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Unzulänglichkeit in German?
Unzulänglichkeit appears about once in every 3 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).