unterminieren

/[ˌʊntɐmiˈniːʁən]/ verb

Letters

13 characters

Frequency Rank

#84,716

in German word usage

Misspellings

0

tracked variants

Confusables

0

similar word pairs

unterminieren is aGermanverb. It means: Hohlräume und Stollen unterhalb eines Bauwerks anlegen (Festung, Stadtmauer etc.) zu dessen Zerstörung etwa durch eine anschließende Sprengung Pronounced [ˌʊntɐmiˈniːʁən].

Key facts for unterminieren
PropertyValue
Headwordunterminieren
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[ˌʊntɐmiˈniːʁən]
Letters13
Frequency rank#84,716
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of unterminieren in German word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for unterminieren is 13 letters long, classified as averb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˌʊntɐmiˈniːʁən]. Corpus data places it at rank #84,716 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

No frequent misspelling variants are recorded for unterminieren in our index, suggesting the orthography either follows predictable German patterns or the word is uncommon enough that typo corpora lack signal.It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct German form is unterminieren, spelled U-N-T-E-R-M-I-N-I-E-R-E-N, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Hohlräume und Stollen unterhalb eines Bauwerks anlegen (Festung, Stadtmauer etc.) zu dessen Zerstörung etwa durch eine anschließende Sprengung
  2. 2
    schaffen (durch Personen) oder bewirken (durch Dinge, Umstände) von jederlei Hohlräumen unter Gebäudekomplexen, die diesen die Standfestigkeit nehmen
  3. 3
    etwas solide Bestehendes (Vertrauen, Ansehen, eine Position, …) oder ein Unterfangen langsam und unmerklich untergraben und zerstören

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Frequency rank: #84,716 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "unterminieren"?
"unterminieren" is spelled U-N-T-E-R-M-I-N-I-E-R-E-N. The IPA pronunciation is [ˌʊntɐmiˈniːʁən].
What does "unterminieren" mean?
As a verb, "unterminieren" means: Hohlräume und Stollen unterhalb eines Bauwerks anlegen (Festung, Stadtmauer etc.) zu dessen Zerstörung etwa durch eine anschließende Sprengung
How do you pronounce "unterminieren"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "unterminieren" is [ˌʊntɐmiˈniːʁən]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "unterminieren" come from?
"unterminieren" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.