ondergaan
The verdict
“ondergaan” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Endurer, souffrir, subir.
Corpus desk
Index FR-ondergaan · ondergaan · French
ondergaan · 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 "O" 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 | ondergaan |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « ondergaan » en français
Rare enough to double-check
ondergaan is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Endurer, souffrir, subir.".
ondergaan doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is ondergaan, spelled O-N-D-E-R-G-A-A-N.
Definition
- 1Endurer, souffrir, subir.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how ondergaan appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Hij onderging zijn straf. — Il a enduré sa peine.
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.