überwintern

[yːbɐˈvɪntɐn]

/[yːbɐˈvɪntɐn]/ verb

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The verdict

“überwintern” has 17 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #32,390. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#32,390
frequency rank, German
443
“Ü” headwords
17
tracked misspellings
1
confusable pair

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - den Winter an einem bestimmten Ort verbringen

Corpus desk

Index DE-uberwintern · überwintern · German

überwintern · rank #32,390 · 17 variants · 1 confusable

  • FREQ-MID #32,390
  • LEN-MEGA 11 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 17 variants
  • BOOK-MID 443
  • PHOTO-FINISH Überwachungsk…

Nearest frequency peer: Überwachungskameras (-1 rank slots)

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.

Rang-Peers am Tippfehler-Magneten „überwintern“

Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft

corpus weight

What this shows „überwintern“ sitzt unter diesen FrequencyWords-Peers; die Tippfehlertiefe steht separat im Edit-Distance-Chart.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

überwintern vs überwinden
82% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for überwintern
PropertyValue
Headwordüberwintern
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[yːbɐˈvɪntɐn]
Letters11
Frequency rank#32,390
Misspellings tracked17
Confusable pairs1
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „überwintern“

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).überwinternliegt hier neben dem Tippfehler-Druck:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Achse ist logarithmisch: jeder Tick markiert etwa zehnfach geringere Häufigkeit. Peers derselben Seltenheitsbandbreite: „Überwachungskameras“ (#32,389), „üblicher“ (#32,391), „Übergangs“ (#32,388). Unter 443 „Ü“-Lemmata liegt „überwintern“ bei #32,390. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 17 spelling variants around überwintern (IPA [yːbɐˈvɪntɐn]), averb. Corpus frequency is #32,390 among 443 “Ü” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 17 likely wrong-spelling variants for überwintern, with forms such as "büerwintern", "übberwintern", and "überiwntern". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "überwinden", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is überwintern, spelled Ü-B-E-R-W-I-N-T-E-R-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    den Winter an einem bestimmten Ort verbringen
  2. 2
    etwas den Winter über geschützt unterbringen

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how überwintern appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. „Mit seinen Männern errichtet Leif einige Häuser und überwintert auf der Insel.“
  2. Imposante Blüten zeichnen die Engelstrompete aus. Die zwingend frostfrei zu überwinternde Sommerblume verträgt einen radikalen Rückschnitt, ehe sie ins Winterquartier umzieht.

Antonyms

übersommernübersömmern

This word in other languages

hibernate(English)invernar(Español)hiverner(Français)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • büerwintern
  • übberwintern
  • überiwntern
  • überrwintern
  • überwinetrn
  • überwinntern
  • überwintenr
  • überwinternn
  • überwinterrn
  • überwintren
  • überwinttern
  • überwitnern
  • überwnitern
  • überwwintern
  • übewrintern
  • übrewintern
  • üebrwintern

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of überwintern - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

büerwintern2übberwintern1überiwntern2überrwintern1überwinetrn2überwinntern1überwintenr2überwinternn1
Edit distance from "überwintern"

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "überwintern"?
"überwintern" is spelled Ü-B-E-R-W-I-N-T-E-R-N. The IPA pronunciation is [yːbɐˈvɪntɐn].
What does "überwintern" mean?
As a verb, "überwintern" means: den Winter an einem bestimmten Ort verbringen
What words are commonly confused with "überwintern"?
"überwintern" is commonly confused with "überwinden". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "überwintern"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "überwintern" is [yːbɐˈvɪntɐn]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "überwintern" come from?
"überwintern" is a German word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "überwintern", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (17 here; floor ≥5).

anständiger17 variantsaufzusteigen17 variantsWahlplakate17 variantsvollstreckt17 variants

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list