überschüssiges

[ˈyːbɐˌʃʏsɪɡəs]

/[ˈyːbɐˌʃʏsɪɡəs]/ adj

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The verdict

“überschüssiges” is uncommon German (frequency #78,816 among 443 “Ü” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#78,816
frequency rank, German
443
“Ü” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Nominativ Singular Neutrum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs überschüssig

Corpus desk

Index DE-uberschussiges · überschüssiges · German

überschüssiges · rank #78,816 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #78,816
  • LEN-MEGA 14 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 443
  • PHOTO-FINISH überschreite

Nearest frequency peer: überschreite (-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 „überschüssiges“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for überschüssiges
PropertyValue
Headwordüberschüssiges
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdjective
IPA[ˈyːbɐˌʃʏsɪɡəs]
Letters14
Frequency rank#78,816
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „überschüssiges“ im Deutschen

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

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

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „überschreite“ (#78,815), „übst“ (#78,818), „übermannt“ (#78,813). Unter 443 „Ü“-Lemmata liegt „überschüssiges“ bei #78,816. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

überschüssiges is uncommon German at frequency #78,816 among 443 “Ü” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ˈyːbɐˌʃʏsɪɡəs]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.

überschüssiges has no tracked misspelling variants, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, 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 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 überschüssiges, spelled Ü-B-E-R-S-C-H-Ü-S-S-I-G-E-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Nominativ Singular Neutrum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs überschüssig
  2. 2
    Akkusativ Singular Neutrum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs überschüssig
  3. 3
    Nominativ Singular Neutrum der gemischten Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs überschüssig
  4. 4
    Akkusativ Singular Neutrum der gemischten Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs überschüssig

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 "überschüssiges"?
"überschüssiges" is spelled Ü-B-E-R-S-C-H-Ü-S-S-I-G-E-S. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈyːbɐˌʃʏsɪɡəs].
What does "überschüssiges" mean?
As an adjective, "überschüssiges" means: Nominativ Singular Neutrum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs überschüssig
How do you pronounce "überschüssiges"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "überschüssiges" is [ˈyːbɐˌʃʏsɪɡəs]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "überschüssiges" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 14 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list