Un-word of the year (German: Unwort des Jahres, pronounced [ˈʊnˌvɔʁt dɛs ˈjaːʁəs] ⓘ) is an annual selection of one new or recently popularized term that allegedly violates human rights or infringes upon democratic principles, made by a panel of German linguists.
[2] Between 1991 and 1993, the un-word was announced by the Gesellschaft für deutsche Sprache, alongside the Word of the Year.
This word is used as a "right-wing polemic buzzword" and a "euphemistically concealing expression" for forced deportations.
It came to public attention when, just a week before the unword announcement, a far-right meeting in Potsdam of AfD party members and right-wing extremists was uncovered.
It was originally used as a satirical expression that played with the label "bio" of a quality seal for organic produce, but has over recent years acquired a non-satirical, literal, use where 'Germanness' is defined biologicallly to differentiate and devalue Germans with a migration biography.