Unternehmer

/[ʊntɐˈneːmɐ]/ noun

Letters

11 characters

Frequency Rank

#2,622

in German word usage

Misspellings

17

tracked variants

Confusables

5

similar word pairs

Unternehmer is aGermannoun. It means: Person, die Inhaber oder Eigentümer eines Unternehmens ist Pronounced [ʊntɐˈneːmɐ]. It ranks #2,622 in German word frequency. Often confused with Unternehmern and Unternehmers.

Key facts for Unternehmer
PropertyValue
HeadwordUnternehmer
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ʊntɐˈneːmɐ]
Letters11
Frequency rank#2,622
Misspellings tracked17
Confusable pairs5
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for Unternehmer is 11 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ʊntɐˈneːmɐ]. Corpus data places it at rank #2,622 in overall German word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Person, die Inhaber oder Eigentümer eines Unternehmens ist".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 17 documented wrong-spelling variants for Unternehmer, with forms such as "nuternehmer", "unetrnehmer", and "unnternehmer". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 5 confusable-pair relationships, "Unternehmern", "Unternehmers", "Unternehmerin", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

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 Unternehmer, spelled U-N-T-E-R-N-E-H-M-E-R, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Person, die Inhaber oder Eigentümer eines Unternehmens ist

Synonyms

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: nuternehmer,unetrnehmer,unnternehmer,untenrehmer,unterenhmer,unternehemr,unternehhmer,unternehmerr,unternehmmer,unternehmre,unternemher,unternhemer,unternnehmer,unterrnehmer,untrenehmer,untternehmer,utnernehmer

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for Unternehmer

Misspelling Variants of "Unternehmer"

nuternehmer11unetrnehmer11unnternehmer12untenrehmer11unterenhmer11unternehemr11unternehhmer12unternehmerr12
Misspelling Variants of "Unternehmer"

Frequency rank: #2,622 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Unternehmer"?
"Unternehmer" is spelled U-N-T-E-R-N-E-H-M-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is [ʊntɐˈneːmɐ].
What does "Unternehmer" mean?
As a noun, "Unternehmer" means: Person, die Inhaber oder Eigentümer eines Unternehmens ist
What words are commonly confused with "Unternehmer"?
"Unternehmer" is commonly confused with "Unternehmern", "Unternehmers", "Unternehmerin". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "Unternehmer"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Unternehmer" is [ʊntɐˈneːmɐ]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Unternehmer" come from?
"Unternehmer" 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.