unterweil
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The verdict
“unterweil” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adverb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - manchmal, zuweilen
Corpus desk
Index DE-unterweil · unterweil · German
unterweil · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 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 | unterweil |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adverb |
| IPA | […] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „unterweil“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
unterweil is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anadverb, transcribed […]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
unterweil doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, 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 unterweil, spelled U-N-T-E-R-W-E-I-L.
Definition
- 1manchmal, zuweilen
- 2währenddessen
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how unterweil appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Unterweil laufe ich im Stadtpark herum.
Er machte es sich unterweil gemütlich.
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.