Überschwänglichkeit
[ˈyːbɐˌʃvɛŋlɪçkaɪ̯t]
The verdict
“Überschwänglichkeit” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 19
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - überdeutliches Zurschaustellen von Freude und Begeisterung
Corpus desk
Index DE-uberschwanglichkeit · Überschwänglichkeit · German
Überschwänglichkeit · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 19 letters
- VOW-6 6 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "Ü" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Überschwänglichkeit |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈyːbɐˌʃvɛŋlɪçkaɪ̯t] |
| Letters | 19 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Überschwänglichkeit“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Überschwänglichkeit is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈyːbɐˌʃvɛŋlɪçkaɪ̯t]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Überschwänglichkeit has no tracked misspelling variants, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
No explicit etymology string is stored 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 Überschwänglichkeit, spelled Ü-B-E-R-S-C-H-W-Ä-N-G-L-I-C-H-K-E-I-T.
Definition
- 1überdeutliches Zurschaustellen von Freude und Begeisterung
- 2Handlung, die überzogene Begeisterung ausdrückt
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Überschwänglichkeit appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Ihr inniges Empfinden für alles Getier zeigte sehr früh Merkmale von Überschwenglichkeit.“
„Schwaben sind nicht für ihre Überschwänglichkeit bekannt.“
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). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.