unterschlüpfen
German, verb
unterschlüpfen is spelled U-N-T-E-R-S-C-H-L-Ü-P-F-E-N (14 letters) and appears about once in every 26 million words in written German, the 293,729th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Unterschlüpfen is a German verb meaning “to slip under, to find accommodation” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Unterschlüpfen is a different word: “gerund of unterschlüpfen”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “einen Aufenthaltsort finden, an dem man sich geschützt fühlt und vorübergehend bleibt”.
What does unterschlüpfen mean in English?
verb
- 1
to slip under, to find accommodation
noun
- 1
neutergerund of unterschlüpfen
noun
- 1
masculinedative plural of Unterschlupf
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. einen Aufenthaltsort finden, an dem man sich geschützt fühlt und vorübergehend bleibt
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 unterschlüpfen
- schlüpft unter present singular third-person
- schlüpfte unter past
- untergeschlüpft participle past
- sein auxiliary
- unterschlüpfend participle present
- unterzuschlüpfen infinitive infinitive-zu
- schlüpfe unter first-person indicative present
- schlüpfen unter first-person indicative plural
- schlüpfst unter indicative present second-person
- schlüpfest unter second-person singular subjunctive
- schlüpfet unter plural second-person subjunctive
- schlüpften unter first-person indicative plural
- schlüpftest unter indicative preterite second-person
- schlüpftet unter indicative plural preterite
- schlüpf unter! imperative singular
- schlüpfe unter! imperative singular
- schlüpft unter! imperative plural
- untergeschlüpft sein separable active infinitive
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How common is unterschlüpfen in German?
unterschlüpfen appears about once in every 26 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).