Überflutung

[yːbɐˈfluːtʊŋ]

/[yːbɐˈfluːtʊŋ]/ noun

The verdict

“Überflutung” is uncommon German (frequency #54,275 among 443 “Ü” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#54,275
frequency rank, German
443
“Ü” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - vollständiges Bedecken (mit Wasser)

Corpus desk

Index DE-uberflutung · Überflutung · German

Überflutung · rank #54,275 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #54,275
  • LEN-MEGA 11 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 443
  • PHOTO-FINISH Ötzi

Nearest frequency peer: Ötzi (-1 rank slots)

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.

Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „Überflutung“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Überflutung“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Überflutung
PropertyValue
HeadwordÜberflutung
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[yːbɐˈfluːtʊŋ]
Letters11
Frequency rank#54,275
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Überflutung“ im Deutschen

Die Häufigkeit läuft von den wenigen Alltagswörtern (links) bis zur langen, seltenen Schwanzseite (rechts).Überflutungfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Ötzi“ (#54,274), „Überfüllung“ (#54,276), „Öls“ (#54,273). Unter 443 „Ü“-Lemmata liegt „Überflutung“ bei #54,275. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Überflutung is uncommon German at frequency #54,275 among 443 “Ü” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [yːbɐˈfluːtʊŋ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "vollständiges Bedecken (mit Wasser)".

No generated misspelling entries exist for Überflutung in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is Überflutung, spelled Ü-B-E-R-F-L-U-T-U-N-G.

Definition

  1. 1
    vollständiges Bedecken (mit Wasser)

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how Überflutung appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Der anhaltende Regen führte zu einer Überflutung der Felder.
  2. „Die Forscher stellten fest, dass die Menge des bei Überflutungen abgelagerten Schlamms um 1200 drastisch zunahm.“

Antonyms

This word in other languages

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Überflutung"?
"Überflutung" is spelled Ü-B-E-R-F-L-U-T-U-N-G. The IPA pronunciation is [yːbɐˈfluːtʊŋ].
What does "Überflutung" mean?
As a noun, "Überflutung" means: vollständiges Bedecken (mit Wasser)
How do you pronounce "Überflutung"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Überflutung" is [yːbɐˈfluːtʊŋ]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Überflutung" come from?
"Überflutung" is a German word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Überflutung", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list