überlegener
[ˌyːbɐˈleːɡənɐ]
The verdict
“überlegener” is uncommon German (frequency #72,099 among 5,800 “Ü” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #72,099
- frequency rank, German
- 5,800
- “Ü” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Prädikative und adverbielle Form des Komparativs des Adjektivs überlegen
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | überlegener |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [ˌyːbɐˈleːɡənɐ] |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #72,099 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “überlegener” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
überlegener is uncommon German at frequency #72,099 among 5,800 “Ü” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ˌyːbɐˈleːɡənɐ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 6 senses are on record.
überlegener 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, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, 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 überlegener, spelled Ü-B-E-R-L-E-G-E-N-E-R.
Definition
- 1Prädikative und adverbielle Form des Komparativs des Adjektivs überlegen
- 2Nominativ Singular Maskulinum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs überlegen
- 3Genitiv Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs überlegen
- 4Dativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs überlegen
- 5Genitiv Plural alle Genera der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs überlegen
- 6Nominativ Singular Maskulinum der gemischten Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs überlegen
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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Using “überlegener”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is Ü-B-E-R-L-E-G-E-N-E-R - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˌyːbɐˈleːɡənɐ] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more German words and confusable pairs in the same reference. German words
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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.