Überzeugung

/[yːbɐˈt͡sɔɪ̯ɡʊŋ]/ noun

Letters

11 characters

Frequency Rank

#5,054

in German word usage

Misspellings

16

tracked variants

Confusables

4

similar word pairs

Überzeugung is aGermannoun. It means: gefestigter Glaube, feste Gewissheit, dass etwas richtig ist Pronounced [yːbɐˈt͡sɔɪ̯ɡʊŋ]. It ranks #5,054 in German word frequency. Often confused with Überzeugungen and überzeugen.

Key facts for Überzeugung
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HeadwordÜberzeugung
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[yːbɐˈt͡sɔɪ̯ɡʊŋ]
Letters11
Frequency rank#5,054
Misspellings tracked16
Confusable pairs4
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of Überzeugung in German word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for Überzeugung is 11 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [yːbɐˈt͡sɔɪ̯ɡʊŋ]. Corpus data places it at rank #5,054 in overall German word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 16 documented wrong-spelling variants for Überzeugung, with forms such as "büerzeugung", "übberzeugung", and "überezugung". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 4 confusable-pair relationships, "Überzeugungen", "überzeugen", "Überlegung", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct German form is Überzeugung, spelled Ü-B-E-R-Z-E-U-G-U-N-G, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    gefestigter Glaube, feste Gewissheit, dass etwas richtig ist
  2. 2
    der Vorgang, bei dem man jemanden die Richtigkeit von etwas glaubhaft macht

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: büerzeugung,übberzeugung,überezugung,überrzeugung,überzeguung,überzeuggung,überzeugnug,überzeugugn,überzeugungg,überzeugunng,überzeuugng,überzuegung,überzzeugung,übezreugung,übrezeugung,üebrzeugung

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for Überzeugung

Misspelling Variants of "Überzeugung"

büerzeugung11übberzeugung12überezugung11überrzeugung12überzeguung11überzeuggung12überzeugnug11überzeugugn11
Misspelling Variants of "Überzeugung"

Frequency rank: #5,054 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Überzeugung"?
"Überzeugung" is spelled Ü-B-E-R-Z-E-U-G-U-N-G. The IPA pronunciation is [yːbɐˈt͡sɔɪ̯ɡʊŋ].
What does "Überzeugung" mean?
As a noun, "Überzeugung" means: gefestigter Glaube, feste Gewissheit, dass etwas richtig ist
What words are commonly confused with "Überzeugung"?
"Überzeugung" is commonly confused with "Überzeugungen", "überzeugen", "Überlegung". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "Überzeugung"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Überzeugung" is [yːbɐˈt͡sɔɪ̯ɡʊŋ]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Überzeugung" come from?
"Überzeugung" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.