Telefonüberwachung
German, noun[teleˈfoːnʔyːbɐˌvaxʊŋ]
Telefonüberwachung is spelled T-E-L-E-F-O-N-Ü-B-E-R-W-A-C-H-U-N-G (18 letters) and appears about once in every 5 million words in written German, the 113,526th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Telefonüberwachung is a German feminine noun meaning “wiretapping, telephone tapping” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “das Mithören und eventuell Aufzeichnen von Telefongesprächen eines Verdächtigen”.
What does Telefonüberwachung mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininewiretapping, telephone tapping
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. das Mithören und eventuell Aufzeichnen von Telefongesprächen eines Verdächtigen
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of Telefonüberwachung
- Telefonüberwachungen plural
- Telephonüberwachung obsolete
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Telefonüberwachung?
- [teleˈfoːnʔyːbɐˌvaxʊŋ]
- [ˈteːləfoːnʔyːbɐˌvaxʊŋ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Telefonüberwachung in German?
Telefonüberwachung appears about once in every 5 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).