untergeben
German, adjective/ʊntɐˈɡeːbən/
untergeben is spelled U-N-T-E-R-G-E-B-E-N (10 letters) and appears about once in every 14 million words in written German, the 208,435th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Untergeben is a German adjective meaning “subordinate” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “jemandem untergeben sein: jemanden zum Vorgesetzten haben”.
What does untergeben mean in English?
adjective
- 1
subordinate
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. jemandem untergeben sein: jemanden zum Vorgesetzten haben
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 untergeben
- untergebener masculine nominative singular
- untergebene feminine nominative singular
- untergebenes neuter nominative singular
- untergebenen genitive masculine singular
- untergebenem dative masculine singular
- der untergebene definite includes-article masculine
- die untergebene definite feminine includes-article
- das untergebene definite includes-article neuter
- die untergebenen definite includes-article nominative
- des untergebenen definite genitive includes-article
- der untergebenen definite feminine genitive
- dem untergebenen dative definite includes-article
- den untergebenen dative definite includes-article
- untergebner positive nominative strong
- untergebne positive nominative strong
- untergebnes positive nominative strong
- untergebnen positive genitive strong
- untergebnem positive dative strong
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce untergeben?
- /ʊntɐˈɡeːbən/
- [ʊntɐˈɡeːbn̩]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is untergeben in German?
untergeben appears about once in every 14 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).