überflüssigerweise
German, adverb[ˈyːbɐflʏsɪɡɐˌvaɪ̯zə]
überflüssigerweise is spelled Ü-B-E-R-F-L-Ü-S-S-I-G-E-R-W-E-I-S-E (18 letters) and appears about once in every 28 million words in written German, the 309,493rd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Überflüssigerweise is a German adverb meaning “gratuitously, superfluously” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “auf überflüssige Art und Weise”.
What does überflüssigerweise mean in English?
adverb
- 1
gratuitously, superfluously
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adverb: 1. auf überflüssige Art und Weise
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
How do you pronounce überflüssigerweise?
- [ˈyːbɐflʏsɪɡɐˌvaɪ̯zə]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to überflüssigerweise
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is überflüssigerweise in German?
überflüssigerweise appears about once in every 28 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).