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unten

German, adverb/ˈʊntn̩/

unten is a German adverb meaning “below” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “an einer tief gelegener Stelle/Ort”.

What does unten mean in English?

adverb

  1. 1

    below

  2. 2

    colloquialsouth

  3. 3

    at a later point in a text

Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How German dictionaries define it

adverb: 1. an einer tief gelegener Stelle/Ort 2. weiter hinten in einem Schriftstück/Druckseite/Webseite und Ähnlichem 3. auf einer tieferen Hierarchieebene

The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.

Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.

How do you pronounce unten?

  • /ˈʊntn̩/
  • [ˈʊntn̩]

Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

English words that translate to unten

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is unten in German?

unten appears 102 times per million words in written German.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).