untertunneln
German, verb/ʊntərˈtʊnəln/
untertunneln is spelled U-N-T-E-R-T-U-N-N-E-L-N (12 letters) and appears about once in every 51 million words in written German, the 434,655th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Untertunneln is a German verb meaning “to tunnel, to make a tunnel under” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “unter etwas (zum Beispiel einem Berg/Fluss) eine Unterführung (einen Tunnel) bauen/nutzen”.
What does untertunneln mean in English?
verb
- 1
to tunnel, to make a tunnel under
Die Überführung wird abgerissen und die Bahngleise stattdessen untertunnelt.
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. unter etwas (zum Beispiel einem Berg/Fluss) eine Unterführung (einen Tunnel) bauen/nutzen
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 untertunneln
- untertunnelt present singular third-person
- untertunnelte past
- haben auxiliary
- untertunnelnd participle present
- untertunnle first-person indicative present
- untertunnele first-person indicative present
- untertunnel first-person indicative present
- untertunnelst indicative present second-person
- untertunnelest second-person singular subjunctive
- untertunnlest second-person singular subjunctive
- untertunnelet plural second-person subjunctive
- untertunnlet plural second-person subjunctive
- untertunnelten first-person indicative plural
- untertunneltest indicative preterite second-person
- untertunneltet indicative plural preterite
- untertunnel! imperative singular
- untertunnele! imperative singular
- untertunnelt! imperative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce untertunneln?
- /ʊntərˈtʊnəln/
- [ˌʔʊn.tɐˈtʊ.nl̩n]
- [ˌʊntɐˈtʊnl̩n]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is untertunneln in German?
untertunneln appears about once in every 51 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).