subtrahieren
[zʊptʁaˈhiːʁən]
The verdict
“subtrahieren” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 12
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - eine Zahl von einer anderen abziehen; eine Subtraktion vornehmen
Corpus desk
Index DE-subtrahieren · subtrahieren · German
subtrahieren · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "S" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | subtrahieren |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [zʊptʁaˈhiːʁən] |
| Letters | 12 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „subtrahieren“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
subtrahieren is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed [zʊptʁaˈhiːʁən]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "eine Zahl von einer anderen abziehen; eine Subtraktion vornehmen".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for subtrahieren, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct German form is subtrahieren, spelled S-U-B-T-R-A-H-I-E-R-E-N.
Definition
- 1eine Zahl von einer anderen abziehen; eine Subtraktion vornehmen
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how subtrahieren appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Subtrahiert man 58 von 120, erhält man 62.
This word in other languages
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.