# die Unreinheit

die Unreinheit is a German noun meaning “impurity”. Forms: der Unreinheit, die Unreinheiten.

## Forms

- Genitive: der Unreinheit
- Plural: die Unreinheiten

## In other languages

- Русский: нечистота

## Meanings

1. _uncountable_ impurity
2. _uncountable_ ritual impurity; a state of being unfit for contact with the holy, caused e.g. by sin or by bodily conditions
3. _countable_ something impure, an impure spot, e.g. a pimple or stain

## Examples

- Linguistische Unreinheit ist schön. — Linguistic impurity is beautiful.

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