Oberlänge
[ˈoːbɐˌlɛŋə]
The verdict
“Oberlänge” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - die vertikale Dimension/Höhe, die bei Kleinbuchstaben wie <b>, <d>, <h> über die Mittellänge hinausgeht
Corpus desk
Index DE-oberlange · Oberlänge · German
Oberlänge · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "O" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Oberlänge |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈoːbɐˌlɛŋə] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Oberlänge“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Oberlänge is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈoːbɐˌlɛŋə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "die vertikale Dimension/Höhe, die bei Kleinbuchstaben wie <b>, <d>, <h> über die Mittellänge hinausgeht".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Oberlänge, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is Oberlänge, spelled O-B-E-R-L-Ä-N-G-E.
Definition
- 1die vertikale Dimension/Höhe, die bei Kleinbuchstaben wie <b>, <d>, <h> über die Mittellänge hinausgeht
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Oberlänge appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Im Gegensatz zu den Kapitalis-Schriften bestimmten in zunehmendem Maße die neu auftretenden Ober- und Unterlängen der Buchstaben b, d, h, i, l, g, p und q das Schriftbild.“
Antonyms
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.