unheimlich

English · Deutsch

AI In plain words

Writing a short explanation…

Written by a house AI from the entry below, in your language. The entry itself is the source.

unheimlich

/ʊnˈhaɪmlɪx/
/ʊnˈhaɪmlɪk/

Where it comes from

Borrowed from German unheimlich (“unfamiliar”). Piecewise doublet of unhomely.

adjective more unheimlich · most unheimlich

Weird, uncanny. My point is that there is no grand single line, everything is in bits, & often absolutely dead, & always very unheimlich, almost macabre.

Talk about this word

Cite this

MLA

"unheimlich." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/unheimlich. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

APA

unheimlich. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/unheimlich

Chicago

"unheimlich." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/unheimlich.

BibTeX

@misc{unheimlich_2026,
  title = {unheimlich},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/unheimlich},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}