von oben herab
[fɔn ˈoːbn̩ hɛˈʁap]
The verdict
“von oben herab” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a phrase. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 14
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - seinen (eventuell auch nur eingebildeten) höheren Rang herausstellend
Corpus desk
Index DE-von-oben-herab · von oben herab · German
von oben herab · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 14 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "V" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | von oben herab |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Phrase |
| IPA | [fɔn ˈoːbn̩ hɛˈʁap] |
| Letters | 14 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „von oben herab“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
von oben herab is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as aphrase, transcribed [fɔn ˈoːbn̩ hɛˈʁap]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "seinen (eventuell auch nur eingebildeten) höheren Rang herausstellend".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for von oben herab, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is von oben herab, spelled V-O-N- -O-B-E-N- -H-E-R-A-B.
Definition
- 1seinen (eventuell auch nur eingebildeten) höheren Rang herausstellend
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how von oben herab appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Frau Dr. Meier ist bei ihren Nachbarn nicht sehr beliebt, denn sie behandelt alle etwas von oben herab.
This word in other languages
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.