Unterstadt

[ˈʊntɐˌʃtat]

/[ˈʊntɐˌʃtat]/ noun

The verdict

“Unterstadt” is uncommon German (frequency #78,669 among 2,159 “U” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#78,669
frequency rank, German
2,159
“U” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - tiefer gelegener Stadtteil

Corpus desk

Index DE-unterstadt · Unterstadt · German

Unterstadt · rank #78,669 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #78,669
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,159
  • PHOTO-FINISH unterläuft

Nearest frequency peer: unterläuft (-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 „Unterstadt“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Unterstadt
PropertyValue
HeadwordUnterstadt
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈʊntɐˌʃtat]
Letters10
Frequency rank#78,669
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Unterstadt“ im Deutschen

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

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

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „unterläuft“ (#78,668), „unterentwickelt“ (#78,667), „Unterzeichnern“ (#78,671). Unter 2,159 „U“-Lemmata liegt „Unterstadt“ bei #78,669. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Unterstadt is uncommon German at frequency #78,669 among 2,159 “U” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈʊntɐˌʃtat]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "tiefer gelegener Stadtteil".

No generated misspelling entries exist for Unterstadt in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, 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 Unterstadt, spelled U-N-T-E-R-S-T-A-D-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    tiefer gelegener Stadtteil

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how Unterstadt appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. „Während in Carcassonne die Burgstadt, die Cité, zunächst sämtliche städtische Funktionen wahrnahm, trat mit der Gründung der Unterstadt um die Mitte des 13. Jh.s eine Teilung insofern ein, als der Cité lediglich die militärische Funktion, die übrigen zentralen Funktionen aber auf die Unterstadt übergingen.“
  2. „Neue Siedlungsareale dehnten sich auf mehrere Hektar im flachen Gelände am Fuße der Akropolis aus. Es ist allerdings unklar, wie dicht bebaut solche ‚Unterstädte‘ waren. “

Antonyms

Oberstadt

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 "Unterstadt"?
"Unterstadt" is spelled U-N-T-E-R-S-T-A-D-T. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈʊntɐˌʃtat].
What does "Unterstadt" mean?
As a noun, "Unterstadt" means: tiefer gelegener Stadtteil
How do you pronounce "Unterstadt"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Unterstadt" is [ˈʊntɐˌʃtat]. 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 "Unterstadt", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list