unterschätze

[ˌʊntɐˈʃɛt͡sə]

/[ˌʊntɐˈʃɛt͡sə]/ verb

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The verdict

“unterschätze” is uncommon German (frequency #51,777 among 2,159 “U” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#51,777
frequency rank, German
2,159
“U” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - 1. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs unterschätzen

Corpus desk

Index DE-unterschatze · unterschätze · German

unterschätze · rank #51,777 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #51,777
  • LEN-MEGA 12 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,159
  • PHOTO-FINISH Unternehmensl…

Nearest frequency peer: Unternehmensleitung (-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 „unterschätze“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for unterschätze
PropertyValue
Headwordunterschätze
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[ˌʊntɐˈʃɛt͡sə]
Letters12
Frequency rank#51,777
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „unterschätze“ im Deutschen

Die Häufigkeit läuft von den wenigen Alltagswörtern (links) bis zur langen, seltenen Schwanzseite (rechts).unterschätzefällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Unternehmensleitung“ (#51,776), „unterzugehen“ (#51,778), „untergeordneten“ (#51,775). Unter 2,159 „U“-Lemmata liegt „unterschätze“ bei #51,777. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

unterschätze is uncommon German at frequency #51,777 among 2,159 “U” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [ˌʊntɐˈʃɛt͡sə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for unterschätze, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is unterschätze, spelled U-N-T-E-R-S-C-H-Ä-T-Z-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    1. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs unterschätzen
  2. 2
    1. Person Singular Konjunktiv I Präsens Aktiv des Verbs unterschätzen
  3. 3
    3. Person Singular Konjunktiv I Präsens Aktiv des Verbs unterschätzen
  4. 4
    2. Person Singular Imperativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs unterschätzen

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 "unterschätze"?
"unterschätze" is spelled U-N-T-E-R-S-C-H-Ä-T-Z-E. The IPA pronunciation is [ˌʊntɐˈʃɛt͡sə].
What does "unterschätze" mean?
As a verb, "unterschätze" means: 1. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs unterschätzen
How do you pronounce "unterschätze"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "unterschätze" is [ˌʊntɐˈʃɛt͡sə]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "unterschätze" come from?
"unterschätze" 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 "unterschätze", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 12 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

unterzugehen#51,778Verfassungen#51,790Verkehrslage#51,791Todesurteile#51,750

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list