German preposition · CEFR B2
unterhalb
Meaning in English: below, beneath
Example
Unterhalb der Burg liegt ein kleines Dorf.
Below the castle lies a small village.
How common is unterhalb?
unterhalb is number 4,278 of the 5,000 most common German words. In the texts the list is counted from it appears 19 times per million words — about once every 52,000 words.
Know every word down to this one and you recognise about 77% of the words in an ordinary German text. B2 means an upper-intermediate word, common in news and work.
Next to it in the frequency list
- 4,274die Storystory
- 4,275die Frontfront, facade
- 4,276die Taschebag, pocket
- 4,277Reisendetravellers, passengers
- 4,278unterhalbbelow, beneath
- 4,279woherwhere from
- 4,280ausgenommenexcept, excluded
- 4,281letztendlichultimately, in the end
- 4,282die Rettungrescue, salvation
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