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übermensch

noun · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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Pronunciation

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  • Received-Pronunciation: /ˈuː.bəˌmɛnʃ/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • General-American: /ˈu.bəɹˌmɛnʃ/
  • rhymes with -uːbə(ɹ)mɛnʃ

1

noun

Meaning 1

Alternative letter-case form of Übermensch.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: alt-of

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

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

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: offensive

Qualifier: Nietzschean philosophy

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: overman, superman

Antonyms: untermensch

3

noun

Meaning 3

A member of the proposed Aryan super race.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: offensive

Qualifier: Nazism and white supremacy

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: untermensch

History

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from German Übermensch.

Across languages

Translations

30 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Chinese Mandarin: 超人 (chāorén) — figure in Nietzschean philosophy
  • German: Übermensch — figure in Nietzschean philosophy
  • Greek: υπεράνθρωπος (yperánthropos) — figure in Nietzschean philosophy
  • Hindi: अतिमानव (atimānav) — figure in Nietzschean philosophy
  • Polish: nadczłowiek — figure in Nietzschean philosophy
  • Portuguese: super-homem — figure in Nietzschean philosophy
  • Russian: сверхчелове́к (sverxčelovék) — figure in Nietzschean philosophy
  • Slovak: übermenš — figure in Nietzschean philosophy
  • Spanish: superhombre — figure in Nietzschean philosophy
  • Ukrainian: надлюди́на (nadljudýna) — figure in Nietzschean philosophy
  • Vietnamese: siêu nhân — figure in Nietzschean philosophy
  • Yiddish: איבערמענטש (ibermentsh) — figure in Nietzschean philosophy
  • Chinese Mandarin: 超人 (chāorén) — figure in Nazi ideology
  • Czech: nadčlověk — figure in Nazi ideology
  • Danish: overmenneske — figure in Nazi ideology
  • Finnish: yli-ihminen — figure in Nazi ideology
  • French: surhomme — figure in Nazi ideology
  • German: Übermensch — figure in Nazi ideology
  • Korean: 초인 (choin) — figure in Nazi ideology
  • Macedonian: на́дчовек (nádčovek) — figure in Nazi ideology
  • Macedonian: на́тчовек (nátčovek) — figure in Nazi ideology
  • Polish: nadczłowiek — figure in Nazi ideology
  • Portuguese: super-homem — figure in Nazi ideology
  • Russian: сверхчелове́к (sverxčelovék) — figure in Nazi ideology
  • Serbo-Croatian: nadčovek — figure in Nazi ideology
  • Serbo-Croatian: natčovek — figure in Nazi ideology
  • Slovak: nadčlovek — figure in Nazi ideology
  • Swedish: övermänniska — figure in Nazi ideology
  • Ukrainian: надлюди́на (nadljudýna) — figure in Nazi ideology
  • Vietnamese: siêu nhân — figure in Nazi ideology