unterschieben
German, verb
unterschieben is spelled U-N-T-E-R-S-C-H-I-E-B-E-N (13 letters) and appears about once in every 4 million words in written German, the 99,595th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Unterschieben is a German verb meaning “to foist, to deceptively push something onto someone” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Unterschieben is a different word: “gerund of unterschieben”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “jemandem ohne dessen Wissen und in betrügerischer Absicht einen Gegenstand zuführen”.
What does unterschieben mean in English?
verb
- 1
to foist, to deceptively push something onto someone
- 2
to falsely attribute an action
noun
- 1
neutergerund of unterschieben
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. jemandem ohne dessen Wissen und in betrügerischer Absicht einen Gegenstand zuführen 2. jemandem in betrügerischer Absicht unterstellen, etwas getan zu haben
verb: 1. unterhalb von jemandem oder etwas schieben
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 unterschieben
- schiebt unter present singular third-person
- schob unter past
- untergeschoben participle past
- schöbe unter past subjunctive
- haben auxiliary
- 2 strong
- unterschiebend participle present
- unterzuschieben infinitive infinitive-zu
- schiebe unter first-person indicative present
- schieben unter first-person indicative plural
- schiebst unter indicative present second-person
- schiebest unter second-person singular subjunctive
- schiebet unter plural second-person subjunctive
- schoben unter first-person indicative plural
- schöben unter first-person formal plural
- schobst unter indicative preterite second-person
- schobt unter indicative plural preterite
- schöbest unter formal rare second-person
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How common is unterschieben in German?
unterschieben appears about once in every 4 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).