über dem Berg sein

/[ˌyːbɐ deːm ˈbɛʁk zaɪ̯n]/ phrase

Letters

18 characters

Language

German

word origin

Misspellings

0

tracked variants

Confusables

0

similar word pairs

über dem Berg sein is aGermanphrase. It means: den schlimmsten Teil einer Krankheit überstanden haben, auf dem Wege der Besserung sein Pronounced [ˌyːbɐ deːm ˈbɛʁk zaɪ̯n].

Key facts for über dem Berg sein
PropertyValue
Headwordüber dem Berg sein
LanguageGerman
Part of speechPhrase
IPA[ˌyːbɐ deːm ˈbɛʁk zaɪ̯n]
Letters18
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

über dem Berg sein is not present in the top-100,000 ranked German corpus, typical for technical, archaic, or low-frequency vocabulary.

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for über dem Berg sein is 18 letters long, classified as aphrase, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˌyːbɐ deːm ˈbɛʁk zaɪ̯n]. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "den schlimmsten Teil einer Krankheit überstanden haben, auf dem Wege der Besserung sein".

No frequent misspelling variants are recorded for über dem Berg sein in our index, suggesting the orthography either follows predictable German patterns or the word is uncommon enough that typo corpora lack signal.It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

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 über dem Berg sein, spelled Ü-B-E-R- -D-E-M- -B-E-R-G- -S-E-I-N, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    den schlimmsten Teil einer Krankheit überstanden haben, auf dem Wege der Besserung sein

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "über dem Berg sein"?
"über dem Berg sein" is spelled Ü-B-E-R- -D-E-M- -B-E-R-G- -S-E-I-N. The IPA pronunciation is [ˌyːbɐ deːm ˈbɛʁk zaɪ̯n].
What does "über dem Berg sein" mean?
As a phrase, "über dem Berg sein" means: den schlimmsten Teil einer Krankheit überstanden haben, auf dem Wege der Besserung sein
How do you pronounce "über dem Berg sein"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "über dem Berg sein" is [ˌyːbɐ deːm ˈbɛʁk zaɪ̯n]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "über dem Berg sein" come from?
"über dem Berg sein" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
Is PlainSpell free to use?
Yes, PlainSpell is a completely free word reference. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, confusable pairs, homophones, and spelling corrections across 5 languages without any sign-up or subscription.

Nearby German words

Other entries that begin with the letter Ü in our German index:

Explore PlainSpell

Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.