Untertreibung
German, noun[ˌʊntɐˈtʁaɪ̯bʊŋ]
Untertreibung is spelled U-N-T-E-R-T-R-E-I-B-U-N-G (13 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written German, the 66,083rd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Untertreibung is a German feminine noun meaning “understatement, trivialization” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “eine Darstellung, durch die etwas kleiner oder unwichtiger erscheint als es in Wirklichkeit ist”.
What does Untertreibung mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineunderstatement, trivialization
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. eine Darstellung, durch die etwas kleiner oder unwichtiger erscheint als es in Wirklichkeit ist
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 Untertreibung
- Untertreibungen plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Untertreibung?
- [ˌʊntɐˈtʁaɪ̯bʊŋ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Untertreibung
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Untertreibung in German?
Untertreibung appears about once in every 2 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).