unterliege
[ˌʊntɐˈliːɡə]
The verdict
“unterliege” is uncommon German (frequency #84,715 among 30,279 “U” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #84,715
- frequency rank, German
- 30,279
- “U” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - 2. Person Singular Imperativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs unterliegen
Corpus desk
Index DE-unterliege · unterliege · German
unterliege · rank #84,715 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #84,715
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 30,279
- PHOTO-FINISH unterirdisches
Nearest frequency peer: unterirdisches (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “unterliege”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- unterfinanz…
unterfinanziert
15,289 corpus weight
- Unterhalts
Unterhalts
15,288 corpus weight
- unterirdisc…
unterirdisches
15,287 corpus weight
- unterliege
unterliege
15,286 corpus weight
- unterminier…
unterminieren
15,285 corpus weight
- Urdu
Urdu
15,283 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “unterliege” sits against the nearest ranked German headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | unterliege |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˌʊntɐˈliːɡə] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #84,715 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “unterliege” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
unterliege is uncommon German at frequency #84,715 among 30,279 “U” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [ˌʊntɐˈliːɡə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.
unterliege has no tracked misspelling variants, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct German form is unterliege, spelled U-N-T-E-R-L-I-E-G-E.
Definition
- 12. Person Singular Imperativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs unterliegen
- 21. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs unterliegen
- 31. Person Singular Konjunktiv I Präsens Aktiv des Verbs unterliegen
- 43. Person Singular Konjunktiv I Präsens Aktiv des Verbs unterliegen
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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Similar German words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "unterliege", not the corpus desk frequency band.
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Frequency-ranked German headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.