überrumpeln
[yːbɐˈʁʊmpl̩n]
The verdict
“überrumpeln” is uncommon German (frequency #74,236 among 443 “Ü” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #74,236
- frequency rank, German
- 443
- “Ü” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - jemanden so unvorbereitet treffen, dass eine angemessene Reaktion kaum möglich ist
Corpus desk
Index DE-uberrumpeln · überrumpeln · German
überrumpeln · rank #74,236 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #74,236
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 443
- PHOTO-FINISH überschaubarer
Nearest frequency peer: überschaubarer (+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 „überrumpeln“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Ökosystems
Ökosystems
25,770 corpus weight
- Übergangsfr…
Übergangsfrist
25,769 corpus weight
- übergingen
übergingen
25,768 corpus weight
- überlasteten
überlasteten
25,767 corpus weight
- überrumpeln
überrumpeln
25,765 corpus weight
- überschauba…
überschaubarer
25,764 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „überrumpeln“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | überrumpeln |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [yːbɐˈʁʊmpl̩n] |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #74,236 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „überrumpeln“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
überrumpeln is uncommon German at frequency #74,236 among 443 “Ü” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [yːbɐˈʁʊmpl̩n]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "jemanden so unvorbereitet treffen, dass eine angemessene Reaktion kaum möglich ist".
Zero misspellings are on record for überrumpeln in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is überrumpeln, spelled Ü-B-E-R-R-U-M-P-E-L-N.
Definition
- 1jemanden so unvorbereitet treffen, dass eine angemessene Reaktion kaum möglich ist
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how überrumpeln appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Die Spezialeinheit überrumpelte den mutmaßlichen Täter in seiner Wohnung.
Mit seinem Heiratsantrag hat er mich total überrumpelt.
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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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