überrasche

[yːbɐˈʁaʃə]

/[yːbɐˈʁaʃə]/ verb

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The verdict

“überrasche” is uncommon German (frequency #88,589 among 443 “Ü” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#88,589
frequency rank, German
443
“Ü” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - 1. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs überraschen

Corpus desk

Index DE-uberrasche · überrasche · German

überrasche · rank #88,589 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #88,589
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 443
  • PHOTO-FINISH übereinstimme

Nearest frequency peer: übereinstimme (-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 „überrasche“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for überrasche
PropertyValue
Headwordüberrasche
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[yːbɐˈʁaʃə]
Letters10
Frequency rank#88,589
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „überrasche“ im Deutschen

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).überraschefällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „übereinstimme“ (#88,588), „überschwemmte“ (#88,590), „Öffnungszeit“ (#88,587). Unter 443 „Ü“-Lemmata liegt „überrasche“ bei #88,589. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

überrasche is uncommon German at frequency #88,589 among 443 “Ü” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [yːbɐˈʁaʃə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.

No generated misspelling entries exist for überrasche in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct German form is überrasche, spelled Ü-B-E-R-R-A-S-C-H-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    1. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs überraschen
  2. 2
    1. Person Singular Konjunktiv I Präsens Aktiv des Verbs überraschen
  3. 3
    3. Person Singular Konjunktiv I Präsens Aktiv des Verbs überraschen
  4. 4
    2. Person Singular Imperativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs überraschen

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 "überrasche"?
"überrasche" is spelled Ü-B-E-R-R-A-S-C-H-E. The IPA pronunciation is [yːbɐˈʁaʃə].
What does "überrasche" mean?
As a verb, "überrasche" means: 1. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs überraschen
How do you pronounce "überrasche"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "überrasche" is [yːbɐˈʁaʃə]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "überrasche" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Abendlicht#88,601zuzunehmen#88,577zugeknöpft#88,571abzubiegen#88,609

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list