Unternehmer
German, noun/ʊntɐˈneːmɐ/
Unternehmer is spelled U-N-T-E-R-N-E-H-M-E-R (11 letters) and appears 32 times per million words in written German, the 2,594th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Unternehmer is a German masculine noun meaning “entrepreneur” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Person, die Inhaber oder Eigentümer eines Unternehmens ist”.
What does Unternehmer mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineentrepreneur
- 2
masculinetrader, any natural or legal person who is acting, including through any other person acting in that natural or legal person's name or on that person's behalf, for purposes relating to his trade, business, craft or profession
- 3
masculinethe redemptor in a locatio conductio operis
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Person, die Inhaber oder Eigentümer eines Unternehmens ist
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 Unternehmer
- Unternehmers genitive
- Unternehmerin feminine
- Unternehmern dative definite plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Unternehmer?
- /ʊntɐˈneːmɐ/
- [ʊntɐˈneːmɐ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Unternehmer
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Unternehmer in German?
Unternehmer appears 32 times per million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).