Überlegung
German, noun/ybɐˈleːɡʊŋ/
Überlegung is spelled Ü-B-E-R-L-E-G-U-N-G (10 letters) and appears 5.2 times per million words in written German, the 11,837th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Überlegung is a German feminine noun meaning “consideration (the process of considering)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “die Handlung des Überlegens”.
What does Überlegung mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineconsideration (the process of considering)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. die Handlung des Überlegens 2. das Ergebnis von [1]; etwas, das man überlegt hat
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of Überlegung
- Überlegungen plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Überlegung?
- /ybɐˈleːɡʊŋ/
- [yːbɐˈleːɡʊŋ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Überlegung
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Überlegung in German?
Überlegung appears 5.2 times per million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).