unterernährt
[ˈʊntɐʔɛɐ̯ˌnɛːɐ̯t]
The verdict
“unterernährt” is uncommon German (frequency #82,260 among 2,159 “U” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #82,260
- frequency rank, German
- 2,159
- “U” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - an Unterernährung leidend, also sich in dem Zustand der auf Dauer zu geringen Nahrungsaufnahme befindlich
Corpus desk
Index DE-unterernahrt · unterernährt · German
unterernährt · rank #82,260 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #82,260
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,159
- PHOTO-FINISH unterkühlt
Nearest frequency peer: unterkühlt (+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 „unterernährt“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Unglauben
Unglauben
17,745 corpus weight
- unken
unken
17,744 corpus weight
- Unmittelbar…
Unmittelbarkeit
17,743 corpus weight
- unterernährt
unterernährt
17,741 corpus weight
- unterkühlt
unterkühlt
17,740 corpus weight
- unterschwel…
unterschwelligen
17,738 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „unterernährt“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | unterernährt |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [ˈʊntɐʔɛɐ̯ˌnɛːɐ̯t] |
| Letters | 12 |
| Frequency rank | #82,260 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „unterernährt“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
unterernährt is uncommon German at frequency #82,260 among 2,159 “U” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ˈʊntɐʔɛɐ̯ˌnɛːɐ̯t]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "an Unterernährung leidend, also sich in dem Zustand der auf Dauer zu geringen Nahrungsaufnahme befindlich".
unterernährt has no tracked misspelling variants, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is unterernährt, spelled U-N-T-E-R-E-R-N-Ä-H-R-T.
Definition
- 1an Unterernährung leidend, also sich in dem Zustand der auf Dauer zu geringen Nahrungsaufnahme befindlich
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how unterernährt appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
In den armen Ländern Afrikas sind leider viele Kinder unterernährt.
Viele die an Bulimie leiden, sind unterernährt.
Synonyms
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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Frequency-ranked German headwords with 12 letters (nearest by frequency rank).