Untiefe
[ˈʊnˌtiːfə]
The verdict
“Untiefe” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - flache, seichte Stelle in Gewässern
Corpus desk
Index DE-untiefe · Untiefe · German
Untiefe · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 7 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 | Untiefe |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈʊnˌtiːfə] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Untiefe“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Untiefe is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈʊnˌtiːfə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Untiefe, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is Untiefe, spelled U-N-T-I-E-F-E.
Definition
- 1flache, seichte Stelle in Gewässern
- 2große Tiefe
- 3unergründliche Realität
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Untiefe appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Die Schifffahrt muss immer auch auf Untiefen achten.
„Wo immer sich die Strömung verlangsamt, bilden sich Inseln und Untiefen.“
Synonyms
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). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.