überirdisch
[ˈyːbɐˌʔɪʁdɪʃ]
The verdict
“überirdisch” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 11
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - über dem Irdischen stehend, nicht von dieser Welt
Corpus desk
Index DE-uberirdisch · überirdisch · German
überirdisch · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-4 4 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 | überirdisch |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [ˈyːbɐˌʔɪʁdɪʃ] |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „überirdisch“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
überirdisch is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ˈyːbɐˌʔɪʁdɪʃ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
überirdisch has no tracked misspelling variants, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, 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 überirdisch, spelled Ü-B-E-R-I-R-D-I-S-C-H.
Definition
- 1über dem Irdischen stehend, nicht von dieser Welt
- 2so vollkommen, als sei es nicht von dieser Welt
- 3über dem Erdboden befindlich
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how überirdisch appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Engel sind überirdische Wesen.
Ihre geradezu überirdische Anmut lockte die Zuschauer scharenweise ins Theater.
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). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.