Übervater
German, noun/ˈyːbɐˌfaːtɐ/
Übervater is spelled Ü-B-E-R-V-A-T-E-R (9 letters) and appears about once in every 17 million words in written German, the 232,034th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Übervater is a German masculine noun meaning “father figure” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “männliche Person, die für eine bestimmte Gruppe eine Leitfigur ist, nach der sich viele ausrichten”.
What does Übervater mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinefather figure
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. männliche Person, die für eine bestimmte Gruppe eine Leitfigur ist, nach der sich viele ausrichten
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 Übervater
- Übervaters genitive
- Überväter plural
- Übervätern dative definite plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Übervater?
- /ˈyːbɐˌfaːtɐ/
- [ˈyːbɐˌfaːtɐ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Übervater in German?
Übervater appears about once in every 17 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).