Überlandbus
[ˈyːbɐlantˌbʊs]
The verdict
“Überlandbus” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. 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) - Bus, der Strecken auch außerhalb von Städten bedient
Corpus desk
Index DE-uberlandbus · Überlandbus · German
Überlandbus · 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 | Überlandbus |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈyːbɐlantˌbʊs] |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Überlandbus“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Überlandbus is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈyːbɐlantˌbʊs]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Bus, der Strecken auch außerhalb von Städten bedient".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Überlandbus, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Überlandbus, spelled Ü-B-E-R-L-A-N-D-B-U-S.
Definition
- 1Bus, der Strecken auch außerhalb von Städten bedient
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Überlandbus appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„In Moshi, dem Zweihunderttausend-Seelen-Ort, finde ich einen Überlandbus, der, so hoffe ich, bis Dar es Salaam fährt.“
„Aber in Überlandbussen kriegte ich immer Verstopfung, und es saß unweigerlich irgendein alter Union Jack drin, der einen ranzigen Bart hatte und schnarchte.“
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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.