unterstützen
\ˌʊntɐˈʃtʏt͡sn̩\
The verdict
“unterstützen” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 12
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Secourir, porter secours à, assister, porter assistance à, soutenir.
Corpus desk
Index FR-unterstutzen · unterstützen · French
unterstützen · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 12 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 | unterstützen |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \ˌʊntɐˈʃtʏt͡sn̩\ |
| Letters | 12 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « unterstützen » en français
Rare enough to double-check
unterstützen is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \ˌʊntɐˈʃtʏt͡sn̩\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for unterstützen in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is unterstützen, spelled U-N-T-E-R-S-T-Ü-T-Z-E-N.
Definition
- 1Secourir, porter secours à, assister, porter assistance à, soutenir.
- 2Appuyer, soutenir (p.ex. une hypothèse).
- 3Être compatible avec.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how unterstützen appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Neben Russland stimmten lediglich Belarus, Nordkorea, Syrien und Eritrea gegen die Resoution. 35 Staaten enthielten sich, darunter neben China, Indien und Iran auch Länder wie Kuba, Venezuela oder Nicaragua, die bei vergangenen Abstimmungen meist die Position Russlands unterstützt hatten.
Ankara unterstützt die Ukraine, auch mit Waffen, spielt den Wachhund am Bosporus, wo keine Kriegsschiffe im Einsatz durchfahren dürfen, und hat den Widerstand gegen die Nato-Erweiterung durch Finnland und Schweden aufgegeben.
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.