Übersterblichkeit
German, noun/ˈyːbɐˌʃtɛʁplɪçkaɪ̯t/
Übersterblichkeit is spelled Ü-B-E-R-S-T-E-R-B-L-I-C-H-K-E-I-T (17 letters) and appears about once in every 25 million words in written German, the 285,944th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Übersterblichkeit is a German feminine noun meaning “excess mortality in comparison to a reference period or reference group” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “erhöhte Sterberate in Bezug auf Vergleichsgruppen (beispielsweise Kinder versus Erwachsene)…”.
What does Übersterblichkeit mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineexcess mortality in comparison to a reference period or reference group
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. erhöhte Sterberate in Bezug auf Vergleichsgruppen (beispielsweise Kinder versus Erwachsene), Vergleichszeiträume, Vergleichsgebiete (beispielsweise Länder, Landkreise)
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 Übersterblichkeit
- Übersterblichkeiten plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Übersterblichkeit?
- /ˈyːbɐˌʃtɛʁplɪçkaɪ̯t/
- [ˈyːbɐˌʃtɛʁplɪçkaɪ̯t]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Übersterblichkeit in German?
Übersterblichkeit appears about once in every 25 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).