unterfertigen
[ˌuntɐˈfɛʁtɪɡn̩]
The verdict
“unterfertigen” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 13
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - unterschreiben, unterzeichnen
Corpus desk
Index DE-unterfertigen · unterfertigen · German
unterfertigen · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 13 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "U" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | unterfertigen |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˌuntɐˈfɛʁtɪɡn̩] |
| Letters | 13 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „unterfertigen“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
unterfertigen is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed [ˌuntɐˈfɛʁtɪɡn̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "unterschreiben, unterzeichnen".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for unterfertigen, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, 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 unterfertigen, spelled U-N-T-E-R-F-E-R-T-I-G-E-N.
Definition
- 1unterschreiben, unterzeichnen
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how unterfertigen appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Der Außenminister weigerte sich die Dokumente zu unterfertigen.
„Die Affichen sind mit hochtrabenden Namen unterfertigt, »Hochschule für geheime Wissenschaften«, »Gelehrte Gesellschaft für okkultes Wissen« und so weiter.“
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.