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🇩🇪German Source WordCode: DE

Unterkategorie

Pronunciation / Transliteration: /ˈʊntɐkateɡoˌʁiː/

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Subcategory/ˈsʌbˌkæt.ɪˌɡɔː.ri/
nounCEFR B2 (Upper)Top #8500 frequency
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🇩🇪 Example Sentence in German:

"Das Produkt wurde in eine neue Unterkategorie verschoben."

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    A subdivision or secondary category within a larger category, used for more specific classification.

    "Fiction is a major category that includes the subcategory of historical romance."
  2. 2

    A subset of items grouped together under a common heading within a hierarchical structure.

    "The online store added a new subcategory for wireless headphones."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the prefix sub- (meaning 'under', 'below', or 'secondary to' from Latin) combined with the noun category (from Late Latin categoria, from Greek katēgoria 'accusation' or 'predication'). First appearing in the late 19th century as taxonomic and classification systems expanded across scientific and bibliographic domains.

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