unterdessen
German, adverb[ʊntɐˈdɛsn̩]
unterdessen is spelled U-N-T-E-R-D-E-S-S-E-N (11 letters) and appears 5.6 times per million words in written German, the 11,196th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Unterdessen is a German adverb meaning “meanwhile, in the meantime” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “im selben Zeitraum wie ein anderer Vorgang stattfindend”.
What does unterdessen mean in English?
adverb
- 1
meanwhile, in the meantime
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adverb: 1. im selben Zeitraum wie ein anderer Vorgang stattfindend
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
How do you pronounce unterdessen?
- [ʊntɐˈdɛsn̩]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to unterdessen
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is unterdessen in German?
unterdessen appears 5.6 times per million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).