untertänig
German, adjective[ˈʊntɐˌtɛːnɪç]
untertänig is spelled U-N-T-E-R-T-Ä-N-I-G (10 letters) and appears about once in every 10 million words in written German, the 168,023rd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Untertänig is a German adjective meaning “subservient, submissive” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “in der Art eines Untertanen; übertrieben unterwürfig einem Vorgesetzten gegenüber”.
What does untertänig mean in English?
adjective
- 1
subservient, submissive
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. in der Art eines Untertanen; übertrieben unterwürfig einem Vorgesetzten gegenüber
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 untertänig
- untertäniger masculine nominative singular
- am untertänigsten superlative
- untertänige feminine nominative singular
- untertäniges neuter nominative singular
- untertänigen genitive masculine singular
- untertänigem dative masculine singular
- der untertänige definite includes-article masculine
- die untertänige definite feminine includes-article
- das untertänige definite includes-article neuter
- die untertänigen definite includes-article nominative
- des untertänigen definite genitive includes-article
- der untertänigen definite feminine genitive
- dem untertänigen dative definite includes-article
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce untertänig?
- [ˈʊntɐˌtɛːnɪç]
- [ˈʊntɐˌteːnɪç]
- [ˈʊntɐˌtɛːnɪk]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to untertänig
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is untertänig in German?
untertänig appears about once in every 10 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).