Übermensch
[ˈyːbɐˌmɛnʃ]
The verdict
“Übermensch” is uncommon German (frequency #67,937 among 443 “Ü” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #67,937
- frequency rank, German
- 443
- “Ü” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - idealer Mensch, der geistig über gewöhnliche Menschen hinausgewachsen und zum Herrschen bestimmt ist
Corpus desk
Index DE-ubermensch · Übermensch · German
Übermensch · rank #67,937 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #67,937
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 443
- PHOTO-FINISH überflüssiges
Nearest frequency peer: überflüssiges (-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 „Übermensch“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Überbringer
Überbringer
32,066 corpus weight
- überflüssig…
überflüssiges
32,065 corpus weight
- Übermensch
Übermensch
32,064 corpus weight
- Übermenschen
Übermenschen
32,063 corpus weight
- übernachtete
übernachtete
32,062 corpus weight
- Übernachtun…
Übernachtungsmöglichkeiten
32,061 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Übermensch“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Übermensch |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈyːbɐˌmɛnʃ] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #67,937 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Übermensch“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Übermensch is uncommon German at frequency #67,937 among 443 “Ü” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈyːbɐˌmɛnʃ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "idealer Mensch, der geistig über gewöhnliche Menschen hinausgewachsen und zum Herrschen bestimmt ist".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for Übermensch, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is Übermensch, spelled Ü-B-E-R-M-E-N-S-C-H.
Definition
- 1idealer Mensch, der geistig über gewöhnliche Menschen hinausgewachsen und zum Herrschen bestimmt ist
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Übermensch appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Der Philosoph Friedrich Nietzsche schrieb, dass es noch nie einen Übermenschen gab, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe oder Napoleon Bonaparte kamen ihm allerdings schon nahe an das Bild des Übermenschen heran.
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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.
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