überkommen
[yːbɐˈkɔmən]
The verdict
“überkommen” is uncommon German (frequency #77,609 among 5,800 “Ü” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #77,609
- frequency rank, German
- 5,800
- “Ü” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - von Gefühlen ergriffen werden
Corpus desk
Index DE-uberkommen · überkommen · German
überkommen · rank #77,609 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #77,609
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,800
- PHOTO-FINISH Überkapazität…
Nearest frequency peer: Überkapazitäten (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “überkommen”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- école
école
22,397 corpus weight
- Überkapazit…
Überkapazitäten
22,393 corpus weight
- überkommen
überkommen
22,392 corpus weight
- überlebensf…
überlebensfähig
22,391 corpus weight
- überqualifi…
überqualifiziert
22,390 corpus weight
- Übersendung
Übersendung
22,389 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “überkommen” sits against the nearest ranked German headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | überkommen |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [yːbɐˈkɔmən] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #77,609 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “überkommen” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
überkommen is uncommon German at frequency #77,609 among 5,800 “Ü” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [yːbɐˈkɔmən]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
überkommen has no tracked misspelling variants, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, 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 any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is überkommen, spelled Ü-B-E-R-K-O-M-M-E-N.
Definition
- 1von Gefühlen ergriffen werden
- 2als Erbe erhalten, (ver)erben, überliefern
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); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 6, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar German words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
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.