Unterschenkel
German, noun/ˈʔʊntɐˌʃɛŋkl̩/
Unterschenkel is spelled U-N-T-E-R-S-C-H-E-N-K-E-L (13 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written German, the 43,786th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Unterschenkel is a German masculine noun meaning “shank (the part of the leg between the knee and the ankle)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “unterer Teil des Beines zwischen Knie und Fuß”.
What does Unterschenkel mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineshank (the part of the leg between the knee and the ankle)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. unterer Teil des Beines zwischen Knie und Fuß
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 Unterschenkel
- Unterschenkels genitive
- Unterschenkeln dative definite plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Unterschenkel?
- /ˈʔʊntɐˌʃɛŋkl̩/
- [ˈʊntɐˌʃɛŋkl̩]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Unterschenkel
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Unterschenkel in German?
Unterschenkel appears about once in every 1 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).