unterbieten
[ʊntɐˈbiːtn̩]
The verdict
“unterbieten” is uncommon German (frequency #50,963 among 2,159 “U” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #50,963
- frequency rank, German
- 2,159
- “U” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - einen günstigeren Preis bieten als ein Wettbewerber
Corpus desk
Index DE-unterbieten · unterbieten · German
unterbieten · rank #50,963 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #50,963
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,159
- PHOTO-FINISH Unterdruck
Nearest frequency peer: Unterdruck (+1 rank slots)
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.
Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „unterbieten“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- unreife
unreife
49,041 corpus weight
- unscheinbare
unscheinbare
49,040 corpus weight
- unterbieten
unterbieten
49,038 corpus weight
- Unterdruck
Unterdruck
49,037 corpus weight
- unterdurchs…
unterdurchschnittlich
49,036 corpus weight
- Untermensch
Untermensch
49,035 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „unterbieten“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | unterbieten |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ʊntɐˈbiːtn̩] |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #50,963 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „unterbieten“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
unterbieten is uncommon German at frequency #50,963 among 2,159 “U” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [ʊntɐˈbiːtn̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
unterbieten has no tracked misspelling variants, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is unterbieten, spelled U-N-T-E-R-B-I-E-T-E-N.
Definition
- 1einen günstigeren Preis bieten als ein Wettbewerber
- 2schneller sein als eine bestimmte Zeit/Bestzeit, als ein Rekord
- 3schlechter sein als etwas
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how unterbieten appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Die Sparfüchse unter den Chefs werden nichts unversucht lassen, um weniger zu zahlen. Denn wer sich nicht um den Mindestlohn schert, kann seine Konkurrenten unterbieten.“
„In den richtig großen Städten versauen sich die Leute die Aufträge, die Preise, sie unterbieten sich gegenseitig.“
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); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Frequency-ranked German headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).