Untier
[ˈʊnˌtiːɐ̯]
The verdict
“Untier” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 6
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - wildes, aggressives Tier, auch als Sagengestalt
Corpus desk
Index DE-untier · Untier · German
Untier · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 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 | Untier |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈʊnˌtiːɐ̯] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Untier“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Untier is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈʊnˌtiːɐ̯]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "wildes, aggressives Tier, auch als Sagengestalt".
Zero misspellings are on record for Untier in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is Untier, spelled U-N-T-I-E-R.
Definition
- 1wildes, aggressives Tier, auch als Sagengestalt
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Untier appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Das Adenauerhaus in Rhöndorf liegt am Fuß eines Bergs, der ohnehin überlaufen war: der Drachenfels, auf dem die romantische Sage ein Untier ansiedelte, das von einer frommen Jungfrau gezähmt wurde, auf dem ein Denkmal an die Befreiungskriege erinnert und auf den die erste deutsche Zahnradbahn führte.“
„Er erzählte alles so eingehend und ausführlich, als ob er es mit eigenen Augen gesehen oder gar selbst das Untier zur Strecke gebracht hätte.“
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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.