überschwänglich

[ˈyːbɐˌʃvɛŋlɪç]

/[ˈyːbɐˌʃvɛŋlɪç]/ adj

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for überschwänglich
PropertyValue
Headwordüberschwänglich
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdjective
IPA[ˈyːbɐˌʃvɛŋlɪç]
Letters15
Frequency rank#66,929
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „überschwänglich“ im Deutschen

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

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

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „überragen“ (#66,928), „überstiegen“ (#66,930), „übermächtig“ (#66,927). Unter 443 „Ü“-Lemmata liegt „überschwänglich“ bei #66,929. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

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

  1. 1
    von großen Gefühlsausbrüchen begleitet

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how überschwänglich appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. 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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "überschwänglich"?
"überschwänglich" is spelled Ü-B-E-R-S-C-H-W-Ä-N-G-L-I-C-H. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈyːbɐˌʃvɛŋlɪç].
What does "überschwänglich" mean?
As an adjective, "überschwänglich" means: von großen Gefühlsausbrüchen begleitet
How do you pronounce "überschwänglich"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "überschwänglich" is [ˈyːbɐˌʃvɛŋlɪç]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "überschwänglich" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 15 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list