überschwänglich
[ˈyːbɐˌʃvɛŋlɪç]
The verdict
“überschwänglich” is uncommon German (frequency #66,929 among 443 “Ü” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #66,929
- frequency rank, German
- 443
- “Ü” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - von großen Gefühlsausbrüchen begleitet
Corpus desk
Index DE-uberschwanglich · überschwänglich · German
überschwänglich · rank #66,929 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #66,929
- LEN-MEGA 15 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 443
- PHOTO-FINISH überragen
Nearest frequency peer: überragen (-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 „überschwänglich“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- zünd
zünd
33,078 corpus weight
- öffentlichk…
öffentlichkeitswirksam
33,076 corpus weight
- übermächtig
übermächtig
33,074 corpus weight
- überragen
überragen
33,073 corpus weight
- überschwäng…
überschwänglich
33,072 corpus weight
- überstiegen
überstiegen
33,071 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „überschwänglich“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | überschwänglich |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [ˈyːbɐˌʃvɛŋlɪç] |
| Letters | 15 |
| Frequency rank | #66,929 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „überschwänglich“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
überschwänglich is uncommon German at frequency #66,929 among 443 “Ü” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ˈyːbɐˌʃvɛŋlɪç]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "von großen Gefühlsausbrüchen begleitet".
überschwänglich doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is überschwänglich, spelled Ü-B-E-R-S-C-H-W-Ä-N-G-L-I-C-H.
Definition
- 1von großen Gefühlsausbrüchen begleitet
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how überschwänglich appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Der Gammler, sichtlich angetrunken, bedankte sich überschwänglich für das bescheidene Mahl und küsste der Bedienerin mehrmals die Hände.
This word in other languages
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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Similar German words by spelling shape
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Frequency-ranked German headwords with 15 letters (nearest by frequency rank).