überkam

[ˌyːbɐˈkaːm]

/[ˌyːbɐˈkaːm]/ verb

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The verdict

“überkam” is uncommon German (frequency #54,278 among 443 “Ü” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#54,278
frequency rank, German
443
“Ü” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - 1. Person Singular Indikativ Präteritum Aktiv des Verbs überkommen

Corpus desk

Index DE-uberkam · überkam · German

überkam · rank #54,278 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #54,278
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 443
  • PHOTO-FINISH übermüdet

Nearest frequency peer: übermüdet (+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 „überkam“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for überkam
PropertyValue
Headwordüberkam
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[ˌyːbɐˈkaːm]
Letters7
Frequency rank#54,278
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „überkam“ im Deutschen

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

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

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „übermüdet“ (#54,279), „Überfüllung“ (#54,276), „Überquerung“ (#54,280). Unter 443 „Ü“-Lemmata liegt „überkam“ bei #54,278. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

überkam is uncommon German at frequency #54,278 among 443 “Ü” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [ˌyːbɐˈkaːm]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

überkam doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, 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 überkam, spelled Ü-B-E-R-K-A-M.

Definition

  1. 1
    1. Person Singular Indikativ Präteritum Aktiv des Verbs überkommen
  2. 2
    3. Person Singular Indikativ Präteritum Aktiv des Verbs überkommen

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 "überkam"?
"überkam" is spelled Ü-B-E-R-K-A-M. The IPA pronunciation is [ˌyːbɐˈkaːm].
What does "überkam" mean?
As a verb, "überkam" means: 1. Person Singular Indikativ Präteritum Aktiv des Verbs überkommen
How do you pronounce "überkam"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "überkam" is [ˌyːbɐˈkaːm]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "überkam" come from?
"überkam" 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 "überkam", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

already#54,306andante#54,311Antiqua#54,318anziehe#54,321

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list