unterbleiben
[ˌʊntɐˈblaɪ̯bn̩]
The verdict
“unterbleiben” is uncommon German (frequency #68,799 among 2,159 “U” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #68,799
- frequency rank, German
- 2,159
- “U” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - nicht passieren, (mit Absicht) nicht geschehen lassen
Corpus desk
Index DE-unterbleiben · unterbleiben · German
unterbleiben · rank #68,799 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #68,799
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,159
- PHOTO-FINISH unspezifisch
Nearest frequency peer: unspezifisch (-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 „unterbleiben“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Unrechts
Unrechts
31,206 corpus weight
- unspezifisch
unspezifisch
31,203 corpus weight
- unterbleiben
unterbleiben
31,202 corpus weight
- unterboten
unterboten
31,201 corpus weight
- unterbroche…
unterbrochene
31,200 corpus weight
- unternehmer…
unternehmerisches
31,199 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „unterbleiben“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | unterbleiben |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˌʊntɐˈblaɪ̯bn̩] |
| Letters | 12 |
| Frequency rank | #68,799 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „unterbleiben“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
unterbleiben is uncommon German at frequency #68,799 among 2,159 “U” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [ˌʊntɐˈblaɪ̯bn̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "nicht passieren, (mit Absicht) nicht geschehen lassen".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for unterbleiben, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
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 unterbleiben, spelled U-N-T-E-R-B-L-E-I-B-E-N.
Definition
- 1nicht passieren, (mit Absicht) nicht geschehen lassen
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how unterbleiben appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Eine nähere Untersuchung des Vorfalles unterblieb.
„Die Verteilung von Vergünstigungen nach persönlichen Bekanntschaften oder Sympathien muß unterbleiben.“
Antonyms
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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