überhören

/[ˈyːbɐˌhøːʁən]/ verb

Letters

9 characters

Frequency Rank

#52,619

in German word usage

Misspellings

0

tracked variants

Confusables

0

similar word pairs

überhören is aGermanverb. It means: so oft zur Kenntnis nehmen (hören), dass es reicht, dass man genug hat Pronounced [ˈyːbɐˌhøːʁən].

Key facts for überhören
PropertyValue
Headwordüberhören
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[ˈyːbɐˌhøːʁən]
Letters9
Frequency rank#52,619
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of überhören in German word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for überhören is 9 letters long, classified as averb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈyːbɐˌhøːʁən]. Corpus data places it at rank #52,619 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "so oft zur Kenntnis nehmen (hören), dass es reicht, dass man genug hat".

No misspelling variants are generated for überhören in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns.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 überhören, spelled Ü-B-E-R-H-Ö-R-E-N, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    so oft zur Kenntnis nehmen (hören), dass es reicht, dass man genug hat

Frequency rank: #52,619 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "überhören"?
"überhören" is spelled Ü-B-E-R-H-Ö-R-E-N. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈyːbɐˌhøːʁən].
What does "überhören" mean?
As a verb, "überhören" means: so oft zur Kenntnis nehmen (hören), dass es reicht, dass man genug hat
How do you pronounce "überhören"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "überhören" is [ˈyːbɐˌhøːʁən]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "überhören" come from?
"überhören" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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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.