Untertasse
[ˈʊntɐˌtasə]
The verdict
“Untertasse” is uncommon German (frequency #82,264 among 2,159 “U” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #82,264
- frequency rank, German
- 2,159
- “U” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - kleiner, flacher Teller, der das Verschmutzen des Tisches oder der Tischdecke durch Kaffee-, Tee- oder Kakaoreste, die an der Tasse haften, verhindern soll
Corpus desk
Index DE-untertasse · Untertasse · German
Untertasse · rank #82,264 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #82,264
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,159
- PHOTO-FINISH unterschwelli…
Nearest frequency peer: unterschwelligen (-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 „Untertasse“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- unterkühlt
unterkühlt
17,740 corpus weight
- unterschwel…
unterschwelligen
17,738 corpus weight
- Untertasse
Untertasse
17,737 corpus weight
- Unvereinbar…
Unvereinbarkeit
17,736 corpus weight
- unverfälscht
unverfälscht
17,735 corpus weight
- unvorherseh…
unvorhersehbaren
17,734 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Untertasse“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Untertasse |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈʊntɐˌtasə] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #82,264 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Untertasse“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Untertasse is uncommon German at frequency #82,264 among 2,159 “U” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈʊntɐˌtasə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "kleiner, flacher Teller, der das Verschmutzen des Tisches oder der Tischdecke durch Kaffee-, Tee- oder Kakaoreste, die an der Tasse haften, verhindern soll".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for Untertasse, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, 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 Untertasse, spelled U-N-T-E-R-T-A-S-S-E.
Definition
- 1kleiner, flacher Teller, der das Verschmutzen des Tisches oder der Tischdecke durch Kaffee-, Tee- oder Kakaoreste, die an der Tasse haften, verhindern soll
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Untertasse appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Zu jeder Kaffeetasse findet sich eine passende Untertasse.
„Sie wandte sich an Helena und bat, wie sie es gewohnt war, um den Kaffee in der Porzellantasse mit Goldrand und einem Stück Zucker und einem Keks auf der Untertasse.“
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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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