Überzeugung
German, noun/ˌyːbəʁˈtsɔʏ̯ɡʊŋ/
Überzeugung is spelled Ü-B-E-R-Z-E-U-G-U-N-G (11 letters) and appears 15 times per million words in written German, the 4,979th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Überzeugung is a German feminine noun meaning “conviction, belief” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “gefestigter Glaube, feste Gewissheit, dass etwas richtig ist”.
What does Überzeugung mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineconviction, belief
- 2
femininepersuasion, convincing
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. gefestigter Glaube, feste Gewissheit, dass etwas richtig ist 2. der Vorgang, bei dem man jemanden die Richtigkeit von etwas glaubhaft macht
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 Überzeugung
- Überzeugungen plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Überzeugung?
- /ˌyːbəʁˈtsɔʏ̯ɡʊŋ/
- [ˌʔyːbɐˈtsɔʏ̯ɡʊŋ]
- [yːbɐˈt͡sɔɪ̯ɡʊŋ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Überzeugung
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Überzeugung in German?
Überzeugung appears 15 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).