darüber
The verdict
“darüber” is in the everyday core of German, ranked #325 in German word frequency and used as an adverb.
- #325
- frequency rank, German
- 7
- letters
- 10
- tracked misspellings
- 4
- confusable pairs
Dominant Wiktionary sense: im Raum oberhalb von etwas
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | darüber |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adverb |
| IPA | [daˈʁyːbɐ] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #325 |
| Misspellings tracked | 10 |
| Confusable pairs | 4 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “darüber” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for darüber is 7 letters long, classified as an adverb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [daˈʁyːbɐ]. Corpus data places it at rank #325 in overall German word frequency, putting it firmly in the everyday core of the language. Wiktionary records 5 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for darüber, with forms such as "adrüber", "darbüer", and "darrüber". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 4 confusable-pair relationships, "Dauer", "drüber", "drüben", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct German form is darüber, spelled D-A-R-Ü-B-E-R, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.
Definition
- 1im Raum oberhalb von etwas
- 2über etwas hinweg, so dass es drunter landet
- 3über etwas, über ein bestimmtes Maß hinaus, mehr als
- 4während die Zeit einer Handlung vergeht, währenddessen, zwischenzeitlich
- 5in einer bestimmten Sache, Angelegenheit; auf eine bestimmte Sache bezogen
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: adrüber,darbüer,darrüber,darübber,darüberr,darübre,darüebr,daürber,ddarüber,draüber
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of darüber — measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
Edit distance from "darüber"
Frequency rank: #325 in German
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Using “darüber”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is D-A-R-Ü-B-E-R — every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [daˈʁyːbɐ] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “Dauer” — see the side-by-side comparison. darüber vs Dauer
- Browse more German words and confusable pairs in the same reference. German words
Nearby German words
Other entries that begin with the letter D in our German index: