inhuman

See also: inhumane

English

Alternative forms

• (sense 1): inhumane

Etymology

From Middle English inhumayne, from Middle French inhumain and its etymon Latin inhūmānus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɪnˈhjuːmən/

• Audio (US):

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• Rhymes: -uːmən

Adjective

inhuman (comparative more inhuman, superlative most inhuman)

1. Of or pertaining to inhumanity and the indifferently cruel, sadistic or barbaric behavior it brings.
   • 2023 February 8, Greg Morse, “Crossing the border... by Sleeper”, in RAIL, number 976, page 45:

     It was replaced by a New Euston, "bold in design and layout and in keeping with a new railway era". Betjeman was unmoved, describing it tersely as "no masterpiece" and noting that its lack of platform seating made it an "inhuman structure" which seemed to ignore passengers.

2. Transcending or different than what is human.

Usage notes

See nonhuman § Usage notes.

Antonyms

• humane

Translations

of or pertaining to inhumanity

• Bulgarian: безчове́чен (bg) (bezčovéčen), жесто́к (bg) (žestók), свире́п (bg) (svirép)
• Catalan: inhumà (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 非人 (zh) (fēirén)

• Czech: nelidský
• Dutch: onmenselijk (nl)
• Esperanto: nehoma
• Finnish: epäinhimillinen (fi)
• French: inhumain (fr)
• Georgian: არაადამიანური (araadamianuri)
• German: unmenschlich (de)
• Greek: απάνθρωπος (el) (apánthropos)

  Ancient Greek: ἀπάνθρωπος (apánthrōpos)

• Ido: nehomala (io), nehomana
• Kazakh: адамгершіліксіз (adamgerşılıksız)
• Macedonian: нечовечен (nečovečen), жесток (žestok)
• Old English: unmennisċlīċ
• Romanian: inuman (ro)
• Russian: бесчелове́чный (ru) (besčelovéčnyj), антигума́нный (ru) (antigumánnyj), жесто́кий (ru) (žestókij)
• Spanish: inhumano (es)
• Swedish: omänsklig (sv)
• Telugu: అమానుషము (te) (amānuṣamu)
• Ukrainian: нелю́дський (neljúdsʹkyj), нелю́дяний (neljúdjanyj)

cruel and savage, not humane

• Afrikaans: onmenslike
• Albanian: i panjerëzishëm (sq)
• Arabic: غَيْر إِنْسَانِيّ (ḡayr ʔinsāniyy)
• Azerbaijani: qeyri-insani
• Belarusian: негума́нны (njehumánny), бесчалаве́чны (bjesčalavjéčny), нялю́дзкі (njaljúdzki)
• Bulgarian: нехума́нен (bg) (nehumánen), безчове́чен (bg) (bezčovéčen)
• Burmese: ဆန်သောရက်စက် (hcansau:rakcak)
• Catalan: inhumà (ca)
• Cebuano: dili-makitawhanong
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 不人道的 (zh) (bùréndào de)

• Corsican: inumanu
• Czech: nelidský, nehumánní
• Danish: umenneskelig, inhuman
• Dutch: onmenselijk (nl), inhumaan (nl)
• Esperanto: malhumana
• Finnish: epäinhimillinen (fi)
• French: inhumain (fr) m
• German: unmenschlich (de), inhuman (de)
• Greek: αφιλάνθρωπος (el) (afilánthropos)
• Hungarian: embertelen (hu)
• Icelandic: ómannúðlega
• Ido: nehumana (io), nehumanoza
• Indonesian: tak berperikemanusiaan
• Irish: mídhaonnachtúil
• Italian: inumano (it), disumano (it)
• Japanese: 非人道的 (ja) (ひじんどうてき, hijindōteki)
• Kazakh: адамгершіліксіз (adamgerşılıksız)
• Khmer: please add this translation if you can
• Korean: 비인도적(非人道的) (ko) (biindojeok)
• Latin: inhumanum, inhumanis
• Latvian: nehumāns
• Macedonian: нечовечен (nečovečen), нехуман (nehuman)
• Malayalam: മനുഷ്യത്വരഹിതമായ (manuṣyatvarahitamāya)
• Maltese: inumani
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: inhuman (no), umenneskelig (no)

• Old English: unmennisċlīċ
• Persian: غیر انسانی (ğeyr-e ensâni)
• Plautdietsch: ommenschlich
• Polish: niehumanitarny (pl)
• Portuguese: inumano (pt), desumano (pt), desumana (pt)
• Romanian: inuman (ro), neomenos (ro)
• Russian: бесчелове́чный (ru) (besčelovéčnyj), негума́нный (ru) (negumánnyj)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: не̏хума̄н, не̏човечан, не̏човјечан

  Roman: nȅhumān (sh), nȅčovečan (sh), nȅčovječan (sh)

• Slovak: neľudský, nehumánny
• Slovene: nehuman, nečlovečen
• Spanish: inhumano (es)
• Swedish: omänsklig (sv), inhuman (sv)
• Tajik: ғайриинсонӣ (ġayriyinsonī)
• Telugu: అమానవీయంగా (amānavīyaṅgā)
• Thai: please add this translation if you can
• Ukrainian: негума́нний (nehumánnyj), нелю́дський (neljúdsʹkyj), нелю́дяний (neljúdjanyj)
• Uzbek: gʻayriinsoniy (uz)
• Yiddish: אוממענטשלעך (ummentshlekh)

See also

• unhuman

Further reading

• “inhuman”, in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.
• “inhuman”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
• “inhuman”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
• “inhuman” in TheFreeDictionary.com, Huntingdon Valley, Pa.: Farlex, Inc., 2003–2024.
• “inhuman”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

Anagrams

• humanin

Galician

Verb

inhuman

1. third-person plural present indicative of inhumar

German

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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Adjective

inhuman (strong nominative masculine singular inhumaner, comparative inhumaner, superlative am inhumansten)

1. inhumane

   Antonym: human

Declension

Positive forms of inhuman

number & gender		singular			plural
		masculine	feminine	neuter
predicative		er ist inhuman	sie ist inhuman	es ist inhuman	sie sind inhuman
strong declension (without article)	nominative	inhumaner	inhumane	inhumanes	inhumane
	genitive	inhumanen	inhumaner	inhumanen	inhumaner
	dative	inhumanem	inhumaner	inhumanem	inhumanen
	accusative	inhumanen	inhumane	inhumanes	inhumane
weak declension (with definite article)	nominative	der inhumane	die inhumane	das inhumane	die inhumanen
	genitive	des inhumanen	der inhumanen	des inhumanen	der inhumanen
	dative	dem inhumanen	der inhumanen	dem inhumanen	den inhumanen
	accusative	den inhumanen	die inhumane	das inhumane	die inhumanen
mixed declension (with indefinite article)	nominative	ein inhumaner	eine inhumane	ein inhumanes	(keine) inhumanen
	genitive	eines inhumanen	einer inhumanen	eines inhumanen	(keiner) inhumanen
	dative	einem inhumanen	einer inhumanen	einem inhumanen	(keinen) inhumanen
	accusative	einen inhumanen	eine inhumane	ein inhumanes	(keine) inhumanen

Comparative forms of inhuman

number & gender		singular			plural
		masculine	feminine	neuter
predicative		er ist inhumaner	sie ist inhumaner	es ist inhumaner	sie sind inhumaner
strong declension (without article)	nominative	inhumanerer	inhumanere	inhumaneres	inhumanere
	genitive	inhumaneren	inhumanerer	inhumaneren	inhumanerer
	dative	inhumanerem	inhumanerer	inhumanerem	inhumaneren
	accusative	inhumaneren	inhumanere	inhumaneres	inhumanere
weak declension (with definite article)	nominative	der inhumanere	die inhumanere	das inhumanere	die inhumaneren
	genitive	des inhumaneren	der inhumaneren	des inhumaneren	der inhumaneren
	dative	dem inhumaneren	der inhumaneren	dem inhumaneren	den inhumaneren
	accusative	den inhumaneren	die inhumanere	das inhumanere	die inhumaneren
mixed declension (with indefinite article)	nominative	ein inhumanerer	eine inhumanere	ein inhumaneres	(keine) inhumaneren
	genitive	eines inhumaneren	einer inhumaneren	eines inhumaneren	(keiner) inhumaneren
	dative	einem inhumaneren	einer inhumaneren	einem inhumaneren	(keinen) inhumaneren
	accusative	einen inhumaneren	eine inhumanere	ein inhumaneres	(keine) inhumaneren

Superlative forms of inhuman

number & gender		singular			plural
		masculine	feminine	neuter
predicative		er ist am inhumansten	sie ist am inhumansten	es ist am inhumansten	sie sind am inhumansten
strong declension (without article)	nominative	inhumanster	inhumanste	inhumanstes	inhumanste
	genitive	inhumansten	inhumanster	inhumansten	inhumanster
	dative	inhumanstem	inhumanster	inhumanstem	inhumansten
	accusative	inhumansten	inhumanste	inhumanstes	inhumanste
weak declension (with definite article)	nominative	der inhumanste	die inhumanste	das inhumanste	die inhumansten
	genitive	des inhumansten	der inhumansten	des inhumansten	der inhumansten
	dative	dem inhumansten	der inhumansten	dem inhumansten	den inhumansten
	accusative	den inhumansten	die inhumanste	das inhumanste	die inhumansten
mixed declension (with indefinite article)	nominative	ein inhumanster	eine inhumanste	ein inhumanstes	(keine) inhumansten
	genitive	eines inhumansten	einer inhumansten	eines inhumansten	(keiner) inhumansten
	dative	einem inhumansten	einer inhumansten	einem inhumansten	(keinen) inhumansten
	accusative	einen inhumansten	eine inhumanste	ein inhumanstes	(keine) inhumansten

Further reading

• “inhuman” in Duden online
• “inhuman” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

Spanish

Verb

inhuman

1. third-person plural present indicative of inhumar