unterschreiben
German
Etymology 1
From Middle High German underschrīben, originally with separable prefix. Synchonically analyzable as unter- (“under”) + schreiben (“write”). Calque of Latin subscrībere.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˌʊntəʁˈʃʁaɪ̯bən/, [ˌʔʊn.tɐˈʃʁaɪ̯.bən], [-ˈʃʁaɪ̯.bm̩]
Audio (Germany) (file) - Hyphenation: un‧ter‧schrei‧ben
- Rhymes: -aɪ̯bən
Verb
unterschreiben (class 1 strong, third-person singular present unterschreibt, past tense unterschrieb, past participle unterschrieben, auxiliary haben)
- (transitive or intransitive) to sign (write one’s signature)
- Synonyms: signieren, unterzeichnen
- Unterschreiben Sie bitte auf der punktierten Linie.
- Please sign on the dotted line.
Conjugation
Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)
Related terms
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈʊntəʁˌʃʁaɪ̯bən/, [ˈʔʊn.tɐˌʃʁaɪ̯.bən], [-ˌʃʁaɪ̯.bm̩]
- Hyphenation: un‧ter‧schrei‧ben
Verb
unterschreiben (class 1 strong, third-person singular present schreibt unter, past tense schrieb unter, past participle untergeschrieben, auxiliary sein)
- (obsolete) to sign
- (rather rare) to write under or below something
- Um das Iota der langen Diphthonge in einer griechischen Handschrift hinzuzufügen, war man gezwungen, es unterzuschreiben.
- In order to add the iota of the long diphthongs in a Greek manuscript, one was constrained to write it below [the line].
Usage notes
- The form in which sense 2 most commonly occurs is the past participle, untergeschrieben.
Conjugation
Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)
Derived terms
- untergeschriebenes Iota
See also
Further reading
- “unterschreiben” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “unterschreiben” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
- “unterschreiben” in Duden online
- “unterschreiben” in OpenThesaurus.de
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