unterbewerten
[ˈʊntɐbəˌveːɐ̯tn̩]
The verdict
“unterbewerten” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 13
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - (einem Umstand, einer Eigenschaft/Leistung/Person) weniger Bedeutung zumessen, als sie wohl verdient
Corpus desk
Index DE-unterbewerten · unterbewerten · German
unterbewerten · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 13 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "U" 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 | unterbewerten |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˈʊntɐbəˌveːɐ̯tn̩] |
| Letters | 13 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „unterbewerten“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
unterbewerten is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed [ˈʊntɐbəˌveːɐ̯tn̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "(einem Umstand, einer Eigenschaft/Leistung/Person) weniger Bedeutung zumessen, als sie wohl verdient".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for unterbewerten, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct German form is unterbewerten, spelled U-N-T-E-R-B-E-W-E-R-T-E-N.
Definition
- 1(einem Umstand, einer Eigenschaft/Leistung/Person) weniger Bedeutung zumessen, als sie wohl verdient
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how unterbewerten appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Der Präsident unterbewertete die innenpolitischen Hindernisse, Risiken und Kosten.
„Die Notwendigkeit von Rollen und Normen wird völlig unterbewertet, was sich besonders in der Phase des Wachstums nachteilig auf das Unternehmen auswirken könnte.“
Antonyms
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.