untereinander
German, adverb/ʊntəʁaɪ̯nandəʁ/
untereinander is spelled U-N-T-E-R-E-I-N-A-N-D-E-R (13 letters) and appears 14 times per million words in written German, the 5,360th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Untereinander is a German adverb meaning “among ourselves / themselves” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “eins räumlich unter dem anderen; jeweils räumlich darunter”.
What does untereinander mean in English?
adverb
- 1
among ourselves / themselves
- 2
one under the other
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adverb: 1. eins räumlich unter dem anderen; jeweils räumlich darunter 2. in einer Gruppe jeweils auf die anderen der Gruppe bezogen
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of untereinander
- unter einander alternative archaic
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce untereinander?
- /ʊntəʁaɪ̯nandəʁ/
- [ʔʊntɐʔaɪ̯nandɐ]
- [ʊntɐʔaɪ̯ˈnandɐ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is untereinander in German?
untereinander appears 14 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).