unterstehen

C2 Verb frequency rank #10,968

What unterstehen means

Verb

[with dative] to be subordinate to
to dare, to have the audacity
to shelter, to take shelter

Forms

unterstehen · untersteht · unterstand · hat unterstanden | unterstehen · steht unter · stand unter · hat untergestanden

Pronunciation

unterstehen in a sentence

Die Abteilung untersteht direkt dem Vorstand.

The department reports directly to the board.

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unterstehen is C2 German — near-native vocabulary, ranked #10,968 of 13,000 by how often it appears in written German.

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