Überholmanöver

Name: Überholmanöver, German Word Data
Creator: Wiktionary
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[yːbɐˈhoːlmaˌnøːvɐ]

/[yːbɐˈhoːlmaˌnøːvɐ]/ noun

By PlainSpell · According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA) · analyzed May 6, 2026

The verdict

“Überholmanöver” is uncommon German (frequency #68,939 among 5,800 “Ü” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#68,939
frequency rank, German: 5,800
“Ü” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Passieren eines langsameren oder anhaltenden Verkehrsmittels (des Überholten) durch ein schnelleres

Key facts for Überholmanöver
Property	Value
Headword	Überholmanöver
Language	German
Part of speech	Noun
IPA	[yːbɐˈhoːlmaˌnøːvɐ]
Letters	14
Frequency rank	#68,939
Misspellings tracked	0
Confusable pairs	0
Source	Wiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “Überholmanöver” sits in German frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). Überholmanöver lands here:

#68,939

#1#100#1K#10K#100K

← used constantlyrarely used →

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Überholmanöver is uncommon German at frequency #68,939 among 5,800 “Ü” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [yːbɐˈhoːlmaˌnøːvɐ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Passieren eines langsameren oder anhaltenden Verkehrsmittels (des Überholten) durch ein schnelleres".

No misspelling variants are generated for Überholmanöver in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is Überholmanöver, spelled Ü-B-E-R-H-O-L-M-A-N-Ö-V-E-R.

Definition

1
Passieren eines langsameren oder anhaltenden Verkehrsmittels (des Überholten) durch ein schnelleres

Synonyms

Überholvorgang

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 "Überholmanöver"?

"Überholmanöver" is spelled Ü-B-E-R-H-O-L-M-A-N-Ö-V-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is [yːbɐˈhoːlmaˌnøːvɐ].

What does "Überholmanöver" mean?

As a noun, "Überholmanöver" means: Passieren eines langsameren oder anhaltenden Verkehrsmittels (des Überholten) durch ein schnelleres

How do you pronounce "Überholmanöver"?

The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Überholmanöver" is [yːbɐˈhoːlmaˌnøːvɐ]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.

What language does "Überholmanöver" come from?

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Using “Überholmanöver”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

The one correct German spelling is Ü-B-E-R-H-O-L-M-A-N-Ö-V-E-R - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
Say it as [yːbɐˈhoːlmaˌnøːvɐ] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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Data Source

Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.