unterwürfig
German, adjective/ˈʊntɐˌvʏʁfɪç/
unterwürfig is spelled U-N-T-E-R-W-Ü-R-F-I-G (11 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written German, the 57,755th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Unterwürfig is a German adjective meaning “submissive” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does unterwürfig mean in English?
adjective
- 1
submissive
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Forms of unterwürfig
- unterwürfiger masculine nominative singular
- am unterwürfigsten superlative
- unterwürfige feminine nominative singular
- unterwürfiges neuter nominative singular
- unterwürfigen genitive masculine singular
- unterwürfigem dative masculine singular
- der unterwürfige definite includes-article masculine
- die unterwürfige definite feminine includes-article
- das unterwürfige definite includes-article neuter
- die unterwürfigen definite includes-article nominative
- des unterwürfigen definite genitive includes-article
- der unterwürfigen definite feminine genitive
- dem unterwürfigen dative definite includes-article
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce unterwürfig?
- /ˈʊntɐˌvʏʁfɪç/
- /ˈʊntɐˌvʏʁfɪk/
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to unterwürfig
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is unterwürfig in German?
unterwürfig appears about once in every 2 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).