unterschreiten
[ˌʊntɐˈʃʁaɪ̯tn̩]
The verdict
“unterschreiten” is uncommon German (frequency #57,505 among 2,159 “U” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #57,505
- frequency rank, German
- 2,159
- “U” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - unter einem bestimmten Wert bleiben
Corpus desk
Index DE-unterschreiten · unterschreiten · German
unterschreiten · rank #57,505 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #57,505
- LEN-MEGA 14 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,159
- PHOTO-FINISH Untersuchungs…
Nearest frequency peer: Untersuchungsausschusses (+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 „unterschreiten“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Unterarten
Unterarten
42,499 corpus weight
- Unterhemd
Unterhemd
42,498 corpus weight
- unterschrei…
unterschreiten
42,496 corpus weight
- Untersuchun…
Untersuchungsausschusses
42,495 corpus weight
- unverbindli…
unverbindlichen
42,494 corpus weight
- unverschuld…
unverschuldet
42,493 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „unterschreiten“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | unterschreiten |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˌʊntɐˈʃʁaɪ̯tn̩] |
| Letters | 14 |
| Frequency rank | #57,505 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „unterschreiten“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
unterschreiten is uncommon German at frequency #57,505 among 2,159 “U” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [ˌʊntɐˈʃʁaɪ̯tn̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "unter einem bestimmten Wert bleiben".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for unterschreiten, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct German form is unterschreiten, spelled U-N-T-E-R-S-C-H-R-E-I-T-E-N.
Definition
- 1unter einem bestimmten Wert bleiben
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how unterschreiten appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Die Entwicklungsabteilung unterschritt das Budget.
„Die Anforderung an eine Mindestoberflächentemperatur kann indirekt über die Anforderung an einen zu unterschreitenden oberen Grenzwert des Wärmedurchgangskoeffizienten U formuliert werden.“
Antonyms
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.
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Similar German words by spelling shape
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Frequency-ranked German headwords with 14 letters (nearest by frequency rank).