Unterbeschäftigung
German, noun[ˈʊntɐbəˌʃɛftɪɡʊŋ]
Unterbeschäftigung is spelled U-N-T-E-R-B-E-S-C-H-Ä-F-T-I-G-U-N-G (18 letters) and appears about once in every 7 million words in written German, the 134,701st most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Unterbeschäftigung is a German feminine noun meaning “underemployment” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does Unterbeschäftigung mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineunderemployment
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Forms of Unterbeschäftigung
- Unterbeschäftigungsg definite nominative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Unterbeschäftigung?
- [ˈʊntɐbəˌʃɛftɪɡʊŋ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Unterbeschäftigung
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Unterbeschäftigung in German?
Unterbeschäftigung appears about once in every 7 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).