Überrumpelung
German, noun[yːbɐˈʁʊmpəlʊŋ]
Überrumpelung is spelled Ü-B-E-R-R-U-M-P-E-L-U-N-G (13 letters) and appears about once in every 20 million words in written German, the 257,657th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Überrumpelung is a German feminine noun meaning “blindsiding; the act of taking someone or something by surprise” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Handlung, jemanden unvorbereitet so zu treffen, dass er kaum angemessen reagieren kann”.
What does Überrumpelung mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineblindsiding; the act of taking someone or something by surprise
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Handlung, jemanden unvorbereitet so zu treffen, dass er kaum angemessen reagieren kann
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of Überrumpelung
- Überrumpelungen plural
- Überrumplung alternative
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Überrumpelung?
- [yːbɐˈʁʊmpəlʊŋ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Überrumpelung in German?
Überrumpelung appears about once in every 20 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).