Untertreibung
[ˌʊntɐˈtʁaɪ̯bʊŋ]
The verdict
“Untertreibung” is uncommon German (frequency #66,806 among 2,159 “U” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #66,806
- frequency rank, German
- 2,159
- “U” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - eine Darstellung, durch die etwas kleiner oder unwichtiger erscheint als es in Wirklichkeit ist
Corpus desk
Index DE-untertreibung · Untertreibung · German
Untertreibung · rank #66,806 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #66,806
- LEN-MEGA 13 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,159
- PHOTO-FINISH untersuche
Nearest frequency peer: untersuche (-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 „Untertreibung“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- unterschwel…
unterschwellige
33,198 corpus weight
- unterstanden
unterstanden
33,197 corpus weight
- untersuche
untersuche
33,196 corpus weight
- Untertreibu…
Untertreibung
33,195 corpus weight
- Unvernunft
Unvernunft
33,194 corpus weight
- unvollkommen
unvollkommen
33,193 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Untertreibung“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Untertreibung |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˌʊntɐˈtʁaɪ̯bʊŋ] |
| Letters | 13 |
| Frequency rank | #66,806 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Untertreibung“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Untertreibung is uncommon German at frequency #66,806 among 2,159 “U” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˌʊntɐˈtʁaɪ̯bʊŋ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "eine Darstellung, durch die etwas kleiner oder unwichtiger erscheint als es in Wirklichkeit ist".
Zero misspellings are on record for Untertreibung in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is Untertreibung, spelled U-N-T-E-R-T-R-E-I-B-U-N-G.
Definition
- 1eine Darstellung, durch die etwas kleiner oder unwichtiger erscheint als es in Wirklichkeit ist
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Untertreibung appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Das ist doch eine Untertreibung – das kannst du doch sehr gut!
Dieser Zeitungsartikel ist eine maßlose Untertreibung.
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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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Frequency-ranked German headwords with 13 letters (nearest by frequency rank).