unterbrochene

[ˌʊntɐˈbʁɔxənə]

/[ˌʊntɐˈbʁɔxənə]/ adj

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The verdict

“unterbrochene” is uncommon German (frequency #68,801 among 30,279 “U” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#68,801
frequency rank, German
30,279
“U” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs unterbrochen

Corpus desk

Index DE-unterbrochene · unterbrochene · German

unterbrochene · rank #68,801 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #68,801
  • LEN-MEGA 13 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 30,279
  • PHOTO-FINISH unterboten

Nearest frequency peer: unterboten (-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.

Frequency neighbourhood for “unterbrochene”

Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)

corpus weight

What this shows Bars show where “unterbrochene” sits against the nearest ranked German headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of May 6, 2026
Key facts for unterbrochene
PropertyValue
Headwordunterbrochene
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdjective
IPA[ˌʊntɐˈbʁɔxənə]
Letters13
Frequency rank#68,801
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “unterbrochene” sits in German frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). unterbrochene lands here:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

unterbrochene is uncommon German at frequency #68,801 among 30,279 “U” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ˌʊntɐˈbʁɔxənə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 9 senses are on record.

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for unterbrochene, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is unterbrochene, spelled U-N-T-E-R-B-R-O-C-H-E-N-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs unterbrochen
  2. 2
    Akkusativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs unterbrochen
  3. 3
    Nominativ Plural alle Genera der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs unterbrochen
  4. 4
    Akkusativ Plural alle Genera der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs unterbrochen
  5. 5
    Nominativ Singular alle Genera der schwachen Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs unterbrochen
  6. 6
    Akkusativ Singular Femininum der schwachen Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs unterbrochen
  7. 7
    Akkusativ Singular Neutrum der schwachen Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs unterbrochen
  8. 8
    Nominativ Singular Femininum der gemischten Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs unterbrochen
  9. 9
    Akkusativ Singular Femininum der gemischten Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs unterbrochen

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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Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "unterbrochene"?
"unterbrochene" is spelled U-N-T-E-R-B-R-O-C-H-E-N-E. The IPA pronunciation is [ˌʊntɐˈbʁɔxənə].
What does "unterbrochene" mean?
As an adjective, "unterbrochene" means: Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs unterbrochen
How do you pronounce "unterbrochene"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "unterbrochene" is [ˌʊntɐˈbʁɔxənə]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "unterbrochene" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "unterbrochene", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 13 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

unvollendeten#68,806unglückliches#68,792Ursprungsland#68,810unerheblicher#68,786
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.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list