übernatürlich

[ˈyːbɐnaˌtyːɐ̯lɪç]

/[ˈyːbɐnaˌtyːɐ̯lɪç]/ adj

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The verdict

“übernatürlich” is uncommon German (frequency #82,422 among 443 “Ü” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#82,422
frequency rank, German
443
“Ü” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - durch die Gesetzmäßigkeiten der Natur nicht zu erklären

Corpus desk

Index DE-ubernaturlich · übernatürlich · German

übernatürlich · rank #82,422 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #82,422
  • LEN-MEGA 13 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 443
  • PHOTO-FINISH übernachteten

Nearest frequency peer: übernachteten (-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 „übernatürlich“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „übernatürlich“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for übernatürlich
PropertyValue
Headwordübernatürlich
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdjective
IPA[ˈyːbɐnaˌtyːɐ̯lɪç]
Letters13
Frequency rank#82,422
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „übernatürlich“ im Deutschen

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.übernatürlichfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „übernachteten“ (#82,421), „Übersetzern“ (#82,423), „Überlasten“ (#82,420). Unter 443 „Ü“-Lemmata liegt „übernatürlich“ bei #82,422. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

übernatürlich is uncommon German at frequency #82,422 among 443 “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

  1. 1
    durch die Gesetzmäßigkeiten der Natur nicht zu erklären
  2. 2
    mehr als natürlich ist

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how übernatürlich appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Übernatürliche Wesen schwebten durch den Raum.
  2. Gibt es übernatürliche Phänomene?

Synonyms

metaphysischparanormalsupranaturaltranszendentübersinnlichüberirdischübermenschlich

This word in other languages

supernatural(English)sobrenatural(Español)surnaturel(Français)

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "übernatürlich"?
"übernatürlich" is spelled Ü-B-E-R-N-A-T-Ü-R-L-I-C-H. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈyːbɐnaˌtyːɐ̯lɪç].
What does "übernatürlich" mean?
As an adjective, "übernatürlich" means: durch die Gesetzmäßigkeiten der Natur nicht zu erklären
How do you pronounce "übernatürlich"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "übernatürlich" is [ˈyːbɐnaˌtyːɐ̯lɪç]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "übernatürlich" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "übernatürlich", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 13 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

übernachteten#82,421übertragbaren#82,424Zeiterfassung#82,383altertümliche#82,473

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list