Überwindung
German, noun/yːbɐˈvɪndʊŋ/
Überwindung is spelled Ü-B-E-R-W-I-N-D-U-N-G (11 letters) and appears 3.9 times per million words in written German, the 14,778th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Überwindung is a German feminine noun meaning “overcoming, surmounting” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Anstreben/Erreichen eines gewünschten Ergebnisses trotz hinderlicher Gegebenheiten”.
What does Überwindung mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineovercoming, surmounting
- 2
feminineconquest
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Anstreben/Erreichen eines gewünschten Ergebnisses trotz hinderlicher Gegebenheiten 2. Anstreben eines als wertvoll angesehenen Ziels gegen innere Widerstände
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 Überwindung
- Überwindungen plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Überwindung?
- /yːbɐˈvɪndʊŋ/
- [yːbɐˈvɪndʊŋ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Überwindung in German?
Überwindung appears 3.9 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).