Unterlass

[ˈʊntɐˌlas]

/[ˈʊntɐˌlas]/ noun

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The verdict

“Unterlass” is uncommon German (frequency #56,620 among 2,159 “U” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#56,620
frequency rank, German
2,159
“U” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pause, in der das, was vor sich geht, nicht weiter geschieht

Corpus desk

Index DE-unterlass · Unterlass · German

Unterlass · rank #56,620 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #56,620
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,159
  • PHOTO-FINISH unterzuordnen

Nearest frequency peer: unterzuordnen (+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 „Unterlass“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Unterlass“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Unterlass
PropertyValue
HeadwordUnterlass
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈʊntɐˌlas]
Letters9
Frequency rank#56,620
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Unterlass“ im Deutschen

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).Unterlassfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „unterzuordnen“ (#56,621), „unterbindet“ (#56,618), „unwissende“ (#56,622). Unter 2,159 „U“-Lemmata liegt „Unterlass“ bei #56,620. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Unterlass is uncommon German at frequency #56,620 among 2,159 “U” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈʊntɐˌlas]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Pause, in der das, was vor sich geht, nicht weiter geschieht".

Unterlass has no tracked misspelling variants, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is Unterlass, spelled U-N-T-E-R-L-A-S-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Pause, in der das, was vor sich geht, nicht weiter geschieht

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how Unterlass appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. „Doch in den Schulpausen und auf dem Heimweg liefen sie stets miteinander, häufig einen Arm auf die Schulter der Freundin gelegt, und redeten ohne Unterlass.“

This word in other languages

intermission(English)

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Unterlass"?
"Unterlass" is spelled U-N-T-E-R-L-A-S-S. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈʊntɐˌlas].
What does "Unterlass" mean?
As a noun, "Unterlass" means: Pause, in der das, was vor sich geht, nicht weiter geschieht
How do you pronounce "Unterlass"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Unterlass" is [ˈʊntɐˌlas]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Unterlass" come from?
"Unterlass" is a German word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Unterlass", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

vectoring#56,629verbannte#56,632umwickelt#56,604umsetzten#56,603

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list