Unglück

Unglück

German

Etymology

From Middle High German unglück, unglücke, ungelücke, equivalent to un- +‎ Glück (“luck”). Cognate with Hunsrik Unglick.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʊnˌɡlʏk/

• Audio

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Noun

Unglück n (genitive Unglückes or Unglücks, plural Unglücke)

1. unhappiness; sorrow
2. bad luck; misfortune
3. accident, calamity, catastrophe

Usage notes

• Unglück generally denotes a more serious accident than Unfall; a fatal accident is more likely to be called an Unglück than an Unfall. Equally, Unglück denotes a more serious kind of bad luck than Pech.

Declension

Declension of Unglück

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	das	Unglück	die	Unglücke
genitive	eines	des	Unglückes, Unglücks	der	Unglücke
dative	einem	dem	Unglück, Unglücke1	den	Unglücken
accusative	ein	das	Unglück	die	Unglücke

¹Now uncommon, see notes

Synonyms

• (unhappiness): Elend; Leid
• (bad luck): Pech
• (accident): Unfall

Derived terms

• Grubenunglück
• Unglücksrabe
• verunglücken

Further reading

• Unglück in Duden online