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übermensch

Ü·ber·mensch/ˈu.bəɹˌmɛnʃ/noun

übermensch is a noun meaning “Alternative letter-case form of Übermensch” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled Ü-B-E-R-M-E-N-S-C-H and has 3 syllables (Ü·ber·mensch), and it appears about once in every 37 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data). The plural of übermensch is übermenschen or ubermenschen.

What does übermensch mean?

noun

  1. 1

    Alternative letter-case form of Übermensch.

noun

as ubermensch
  1. 1

    Alternative spelling of übermensch.

noun

as Übermensch
  1. 1

    offensiveAn overman (“higher” man) who has overcome (transcended) his (mere) humanity.

  2. 2

    offensiveA member of the proposed Aryan super race.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

How do you pronounce übermensch?

  • UK /ˈuː.bəˌmɛnʃ/
  • US /ˈu.bəɹˌmɛnʃ/

Übermensch has 3 syllables, split Ü·ber·mensch in writing.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-übermensch.wav, LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-Übermensch.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).

Forms of übermensch

  • übermenschen plural
  • ubermenschen plural
  • ubermensch

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

How common is übermensch?

Übermensch appears about once in every 37 million words in written English, the 187,122nd most frequent word form in the list.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

Übermensch in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese

LanguageWords
GermanÜbermensch (figure in Nietzschean philosophy)
Portuguesesuper-homem (figure in Nietzschean philosophy)
Spanishsuperhombre (figure in Nietzschean philosophy)
Frenchsurhomme (figure in Nazi ideology)

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.

Where does übermensch come from?

Unadapted borrowing from German Übermensch.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).