übergroß
[ˈyːbɐˌɡʁoːs]
The verdict
“übergroß” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - in einem hohen, ungewöhnlich großem Maße
Corpus desk
Index DE-ubergro · übergroß · German
übergroß · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "Ü" 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 | übergroß |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [ˈyːbɐˌɡʁoːs] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „übergroß“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
übergroß is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ˈyːbɐˌɡʁoːs]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "in einem hohen, ungewöhnlich großem Maße".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for übergroß, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is übergroß, spelled Ü-B-E-R-G-R-O-S-S.
Definition
- 1in einem hohen, ungewöhnlich großem Maße
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how übergroß appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Nur etwa fünf Prozent der Tumore sind erblich bedingt, die übergroße Mehrheit entsteht spontan.“
„Hitler konnte sich zwar nicht mehr auf das Gottesgnadentum berufen, an dessen Stelle trat nun sein übersteigertes Selbstbewusstsein in Verbindung mit der frenetischen Zustimmung einer übergroßen Mehrheit der Deutschen.“
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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.