Überwachung
German, noun/ˌyːbəʁˈvaχʊŋ/
Überwachung is spelled Ü-B-E-R-W-A-C-H-U-N-G (11 letters) and appears 18 times per million words in written German, the 4,267th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Überwachung is a German feminine noun meaning “surveillance, monitoring” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “aufmerksame, anhaltende Beobachtung zwecks Kontrolle”.
What does Überwachung mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininesurveillance, monitoring
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. aufmerksame, anhaltende Beobachtung zwecks Kontrolle
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 Überwachung
- Überwachungen plural
- Überw. abbreviation
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Überwachung?
- /ˌyːbəʁˈvaχʊŋ/
- [ˌʔyːbɐˈvaχʊŋ]
- [yːbɐˈvaxʊŋ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Überwachung
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Überwachung in German?
Überwachung appears 18 times per million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).