Examples of using "Untertanen" in a sentence and their english translations:
The lord held absolute power over his subjects.
The ascendancy of monarchs is what keeps their subjects from rebellion.
All the king's subjects, fearing his wrath, often acted quite servile.
In spite of the loud cries of joy, the king saw that the faces of his subjects were stiff and tense.
It is true that Aristotle distinguishes the tyrant from the king by the fact that the former governs in his own interest, and the latter only for the good of his subjects; but it would follow from Aristotle's distinction that, from the very beginning of the world, there has not yet been a single king.
It would be ridiculous to want to restrain oneself from obedience to an external and foremost will only because it did not accord with prudence. For this is precisely the supposition of the government: that it allows its subjects the liberty to judge right and wrong not according to their own understandings but according to the rule of law.