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unterer

German, adjective/ˈʊntəʁɐ/

unterer is a German adjective meaning “lower, nether” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).

What does unterer mean in English?

adjective

  1. 1

    lower, nether

    Mein Portmonee ist in der unteren Schublade.

  2. 2

    inferior

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

Forms of unterer

  • untererer comparative masculine nominative
  • unterster masculine nominative singular
  • untere feminine nominative singular
  • unteres neuter nominative singular
  • unteren genitive masculine singular
  • unterem dative masculine singular
  • der untere definite includes-article masculine
  • die untere definite feminine includes-article
  • das untere definite includes-article neuter
  • die unteren definite includes-article nominative
  • des unteren definite genitive includes-article
  • der unteren definite feminine genitive
  • dem unteren dative definite includes-article
  • den unteren dative definite includes-article

Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce unterer?

  • /ˈʊntəʁɐ/

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

English words that translate to unterer

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

How common is unterer in German?

unterer appears 1.6 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).