übernatürlich
[ˈyːbɐnaˌtyːɐ̯lɪç]
The verdict
“übernatürlich” is uncommon German (frequency #82,422 among 5,800 “Ü” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #82,422
- frequency rank, German
- 5,800
- “Ü” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - durch die Gesetzmäßigkeiten der Natur nicht zu erklären
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | übernatürlich |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [ˈyːbɐnaˌtyːɐ̯lɪç] |
| Letters | 13 |
| Frequency rank | #82,422 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “übernatürlich” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
übernatürlich is uncommon German at frequency #82,422 among 5,800 “Ü” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ˈyːbɐnaˌtyːɐ̯lɪç]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for übernatürlich, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Our source data has no etymology on file 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 übernatürlich, spelled Ü-B-E-R-N-A-T-Ü-R-L-I-C-H.
Definition
- 1durch die Gesetzmäßigkeiten der Natur nicht zu erklären
- 2mehr als natürlich ist
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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 “übernatürlich”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is Ü-B-E-R-N-A-T-Ü-R-L-I-C-H - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.