unterschreib

[ˌʊntɐˈʃʁaɪ̯p]

/[ˌʊntɐˈʃʁaɪ̯p]/ verb

The verdict

“unterschreib” is uncommon German (frequency #69,816 among 2,159 “U” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#69,816
frequency rank, German
2,159
“U” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - 2. Person Singular Imperativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs unterschreiben

Corpus desk

Index DE-unterschreib · unterschreib · German

unterschreib · rank #69,816 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #69,816
  • LEN-MEGA 12 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,159
  • PHOTO-FINISH unversehens

Nearest frequency peer: unversehens (+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 „unterschreib“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for unterschreib
PropertyValue
Headwordunterschreib
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[ˌʊntɐˈʃʁaɪ̯p]
Letters12
Frequency rank#69,816
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „unterschreib“ im Deutschen

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).unterschreibfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Achse ist logarithmisch: jeder Tick markiert etwa zehnfach geringere Häufigkeit. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „unversehens“ (#69,817), „Unterausschuss“ (#69,814), „unverständliches“ (#69,818). Unter 2,159 „U“-Lemmata liegt „unterschreib“ bei #69,816. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

unterschreib is uncommon German at frequency #69,816 among 2,159 “U” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [ˌʊntɐˈʃʁaɪ̯p]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "2. Person Singular Imperativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs unterschreiben".

No generated misspelling entries exist for unterschreib in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is unterschreib, spelled U-N-T-E-R-S-C-H-R-E-I-B.

Definition

  1. 1
    2. Person Singular Imperativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs unterschreiben

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 "unterschreib"?
"unterschreib" is spelled U-N-T-E-R-S-C-H-R-E-I-B. The IPA pronunciation is [ˌʊntɐˈʃʁaɪ̯p].
What does "unterschreib" mean?
As a verb, "unterschreib" means: 2. Person Singular Imperativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs unterschreiben
How do you pronounce "unterschreib"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "unterschreib" is [ˌʊntɐˈʃʁaɪ̯p]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "unterschreib", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

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

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list