Unterforderung
[ʊntɐˈfɔʁdəʁʊŋ]
The verdict
“Unterforderung” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 14
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Zustand für eine Person, der zu einfache Aufgaben gestellt werden
Corpus desk
Index DE-unterforderung · Unterforderung · German
Unterforderung · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 14 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 | Unterforderung |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ʊntɐˈfɔʁdəʁʊŋ] |
| Letters | 14 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Unterforderung“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Unterforderung is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ʊntɐˈfɔʁdəʁʊŋ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Zustand für eine Person, der zu einfache Aufgaben gestellt werden".
Zero misspellings are on record for Unterforderung in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, 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 Unterforderung, spelled U-N-T-E-R-F-O-R-D-E-R-U-N-G.
Definition
- 1Zustand für eine Person, der zu einfache Aufgaben gestellt werden
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Unterforderung appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Monotone Arbeiten werden als intellektuelle Unterforderung wahrgenommen.“
„Eine dauerhafte Unterforderung setzt Kinder unter Stress, macht sie unzufrieden und unruhig.“
Antonyms
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.