Überstunde
[ˈyːbɐˌʃtʊndə]
The verdict
“Überstunde” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Arbeitszeit, die über die im Arbeitsvertrag festgelegte Zeit hinausgeht
Corpus desk
Index DE-uberstunde · Überstunde · German
Überstunde · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-4 4 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 | Überstunde |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈyːbɐˌʃtʊndə] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Überstunde“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Überstunde is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈyːbɐˌʃtʊndə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Arbeitszeit, die über die im Arbeitsvertrag festgelegte Zeit hinausgeht".
Zero misspellings are on record for Überstunde in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. 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.
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 Überstunde, spelled Ü-B-E-R-S-T-U-N-D-E.
Definition
- 1Arbeitszeit, die über die im Arbeitsvertrag festgelegte Zeit hinausgeht
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Überstunde appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Tredup macht viele Überstunden.“
„Er könnte im Grunde so viel arbeiten, wie er wollte, von jetzt an würden alle Überstunden wie die Tagesschicht bezahlt.“
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.