unterbieten
[ʊntɐˈbiːtn̩]
The verdict
“unterbieten” is uncommon German (frequency #50,963 among 30,279 “U” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #50,963
- frequency rank, German
- 30,279
- “U” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - einen günstigeren Preis bieten als ein Wettbewerber
| 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) |
Where “unterbieten” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
unterbieten is uncommon German at frequency #50,963 among 30,279 “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
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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Using “unterbieten”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is U-N-T-E-R-B-I-E-T-E-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ʊntɐˈbiːtn̩] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.