der Underdog

B1 Noun frequency rank #11,775

What Underdog means

Noun

underdog (competitor thought to be at disadvantage)

Forms

der Underdog · die Underdogs

Plural: Underdogs

Pronunciation

Underdog in a sentence

Als Underdog hat Otto Rehhagel, die vom Anstreicher zum Bohemien gewandelte Trainerlegende, seine spektakulärsten Erfolge gefeiert.

As an underdog, Otto Rehhagel, the house painter turned bohemian manager legend, celebrated his most spectacular successes.

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Underdog is B1 German — intermediate vocabulary, ranked #11,775 of 13,000 by how often it appears in written German.

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