Unterwäsche
German, noun/ˈʊntɐvɛʃə/
Unterwäsche is spelled U-N-T-E-R-W-Ä-S-C-H-E (11 letters) and appears 5.6 times per million words in written German, the 11,196th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Unterwäsche is a German feminine noun meaning “underwear” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Wäsche, die unter der Oberbekleidung direkt auf der Haut getragen wird”.
What does Unterwäsche mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineunderwear
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Wäsche, die unter der Oberbekleidung direkt auf der Haut getragen wird
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 Unterwäsche
- Unterwäschen plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Unterwäsche?
- /ˈʊntɐvɛʃə/
- [ˈʊntɐˌvɛʃə]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Unterwäsche
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Unterwäsche in German?
Unterwäsche appears 5.6 times per million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).