überwuchert

[ˌyːbɐˈvuːxɐt]

/[ˌyːbɐˈvuːxɐt]/ adj

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The verdict

“überwuchert” is uncommon German (frequency #80,014 among 443 “Ü” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#80,014
frequency rank, German
443
“Ü” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - von Pflanzen bedeckt, durch starkes Wachstum von Pflanzen überwachsen

Corpus desk

Index DE-uberwuchert · überwuchert · German

überwuchert · rank #80,014 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #80,014
  • LEN-MEGA 11 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 443
  • PHOTO-FINISH überwiegender

Nearest frequency peer: überwiegender (-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.

Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „überwuchert“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „überwuchert“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for überwuchert
PropertyValue
Headwordüberwuchert
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdjective
IPA[ˌyːbɐˈvuːxɐt]
Letters11
Frequency rank#80,014
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „überwuchert“ im Deutschen

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).überwuchertfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Achse ist logarithmisch: jeder Tick markiert etwa zehnfach geringere Häufigkeit. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „überwiegender“ (#80,013), „übersiedelt“ (#80,012), „überschütten“ (#80,011). Unter 443 „Ü“-Lemmata liegt „überwuchert“ bei #80,014. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

überwuchert is uncommon German at frequency #80,014 among 443 “Ü” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ˌyːbɐˈvuːxɐt]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "von Pflanzen bedeckt, durch starkes Wachstum von Pflanzen überwachsen".

No misspelling variants are generated for überwuchert in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

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 überwuchert, spelled Ü-B-E-R-W-U-C-H-E-R-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    von Pflanzen bedeckt, durch starkes Wachstum von Pflanzen überwachsen

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. „Der Mann im Schrein taumelte zurück, schrie, tat einen einzigen unsicheren Schritt und fiel dann vornüber und lag mit zuckenden Gliedern auf dem von Lianen überwucherten Marmorboden.“

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 "überwuchert"?
"überwuchert" is spelled Ü-B-E-R-W-U-C-H-E-R-T. The IPA pronunciation is [ˌyːbɐˈvuːxɐt].
What does "überwuchert" mean?
As an adjective, "überwuchert" means: von Pflanzen bedeckt, durch starkes Wachstum von Pflanzen überwachsen
How do you pronounce "überwuchert"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "überwuchert" is [ˌyːbɐˈvuːxɐt]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "überwuchert" come from?
"überwuchert" 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 "überwuchert", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

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

übersiedelt#80,012abgestorben#80,025accelerator#80,033andrerseits#80,052

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list