Überlebenskampf
[yːbɐˈleːbn̩sˌkamp͡f]
The verdict
“Überlebenskampf” is uncommon German (frequency #69,944 among 443 “Ü” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #69,944
- frequency rank, German
- 443
- “Ü” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Kampf ums Überleben
Corpus desk
Index DE-uberlebenskampf · Überlebenskampf · German
Überlebenskampf · rank #69,944 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #69,944
- LEN-MEGA 15 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 443
- PHOTO-FINISH überflüssiger
Nearest frequency peer: überflüssiger (-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 „Überlebenskampf“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- überbewerten
überbewerten
30,060 corpus weight
- überfluten
überfluten
30,059 corpus weight
- überflüssig…
überflüssiger
30,058 corpus weight
- Überlebensk…
Überlebenskampf
30,057 corpus weight
- Überschwang
Überschwang
30,055 corpus weight
- übertrage
übertrage
30,054 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Überlebenskampf“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Überlebenskampf |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [yːbɐˈleːbn̩sˌkamp͡f] |
| Letters | 15 |
| Frequency rank | #69,944 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Überlebenskampf“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Überlebenskampf is uncommon German at frequency #69,944 among 443 “Ü” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [yːbɐˈleːbn̩sˌkamp͡f]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Kampf ums Überleben".
No generated misspelling entries exist for Überlebenskampf in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, 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 Überlebenskampf, spelled Ü-B-E-R-L-E-B-E-N-S-K-A-M-P-F.
Definition
- 1Kampf ums Überleben
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Überlebenskampf appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Der Alltag der Soldaten in den Schützengräben war durch wechselnde Phasen von langer Untätigkeit und zugespitztem Überlebenskampf gekennzeichnet.“
„Die jüdischen Alteinwanderer befanden sich gegenüber den arabischen Nachbarn und der britischen Mandatsmacht in einem harten Überlebenskampf, für kulturelle Grundsatzdebatten interessierte sich die Mehrheit der jüdischen Siedler im Lande wenig.“
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.
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