untertreiben
[ʊntɐˈtʁaɪ̯bn̩]
The verdict
“untertreiben” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 12
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - etwas, dem Sachverhalt nicht entsprechend, kleinreden
Corpus desk
Index DE-untertreiben · untertreiben · German
untertreiben · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "U" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | untertreiben |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ʊntɐˈtʁaɪ̯bn̩] |
| Letters | 12 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „untertreiben“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
untertreiben is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed [ʊntɐˈtʁaɪ̯bn̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "etwas, dem Sachverhalt nicht entsprechend, kleinreden".
No generated misspelling entries exist for untertreiben in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. 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 its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is untertreiben, spelled U-N-T-E-R-T-R-E-I-B-E-N.
Definition
- 1etwas, dem Sachverhalt nicht entsprechend, kleinreden
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how untertreiben appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Er untertreibt mit dem Aufwand, der nötig ist, um das Haus zu bauen.
Antonyms
This word in other languages
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.