widernatürlich
German, adjective/ˈviːdɐnaˌtyːɐ̯lɪç/
widernatürlich is spelled W-I-D-E-R-N-A-T-Ü-R-L-I-C-H (14 letters) and appears about once in every 6 million words in written German, the 121,881st most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Widernatürlich is a German adjective meaning “contrary to nature, especially (though not exclusively) of sexual behaviour; perverse; degenerate; abnormal; unnatural” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “so, dass es in negativer Art und Weise vom Bekannten, Natürlichen, Normalen abweicht”.
What does widernatürlich mean in English?
adjective
- 1
contrary to nature, especially (though not exclusively) of sexual behaviour; perverse; degenerate; abnormal; unnatural
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. so, dass es in negativer Art und Weise vom Bekannten, Natürlichen, Normalen abweicht
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 widernatürlich
- widernatürlicher masculine nominative singular
- am widernatürlichsten superlative
- widernatürliche feminine nominative singular
- widernatürliches neuter nominative singular
- widernatürlichen genitive masculine singular
- widernatürlichem dative masculine singular
- der widernatürliche definite includes-article masculine
- die widernatürliche definite feminine includes-article
- das widernatürliche definite includes-article neuter
- die widernatürlichen definite includes-article nominative
- des widernatürlichen definite genitive includes-article
- der widernatürlichen definite feminine genitive
- dem widernatürlichen dative definite includes-article
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce widernatürlich?
- /ˈviːdɐnaˌtyːɐ̯lɪç/
- [ˈviːdɐnaˌtyːɐ̯lɪç]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to widernatürlich
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is widernatürlich in German?
widernatürlich appears about once in every 6 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).