unterweisen
[ˌʊntɐˈvaɪ̯zn̩]
The verdict
“unterweisen” is uncommon German (frequency #97,876 among 2,159 “U” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #97,876
- frequency rank, German
- 2,159
- “U” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - jemandem Fertigkeiten, Kenntnisse vermitteln
Corpus desk
Index DE-unterweisen · unterweisen · German
unterweisen · rank #97,876 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #97,876
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,159
- PHOTO-FINISH unvergleichbar
Nearest frequency peer: unvergleichbar (+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 „unterweisen“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Unterklasse
Unterklasse
2,129 corpus weight
- Unterschich…
Unterschichten
2,128 corpus weight
- Untersuchun…
Untersuchungsausschüsse
2,127 corpus weight
- unterweisen
unterweisen
2,125 corpus weight
- unvergleich…
unvergleichbar
2,124 corpus weight
- unverschämt…
unverschämter
2,122 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „unterweisen“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | unterweisen |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˌʊntɐˈvaɪ̯zn̩] |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #97,876 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „unterweisen“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
unterweisen is uncommon German at frequency #97,876 among 2,159 “U” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [ˌʊntɐˈvaɪ̯zn̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "jemandem Fertigkeiten, Kenntnisse vermitteln".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for unterweisen, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is unterweisen, spelled U-N-T-E-R-W-E-I-S-E-N.
Definition
- 1jemandem Fertigkeiten, Kenntnisse vermitteln
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how unterweisen appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Sie unterweist den neuen Mitarbeiter in seinen Aufgaben.
Er unterwies den Jungen mit einer unerschütterlichen Geduld.
This word in other languages
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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Similar German words by spelling shape
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