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überragend

German, adjective/ˌyːbɐˈʁaːɡn̩t/

überragend is a German adjective meaning “outstanding, paramount” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a present participle of überragen. The German Wiktionary defines it as “besser als vergleichbare Sachen”.

What does überragend mean in English?

adjective

  1. 1

    outstanding, paramount

    etwas von überragender Bedeutung

verb

  1. 1

    present participle of überragen

Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How German dictionaries define it

adjective: 1. besser als vergleichbare Sachen

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 überragend

  • überragender masculine nominative singular
  • am überragendsten colloquial superlative
  • überragende feminine nominative singular
  • überragendes neuter nominative singular
  • überragenden genitive masculine singular
  • überragendem dative masculine singular
  • der überragende definite includes-article masculine
  • die überragende definite feminine includes-article
  • das überragende definite includes-article neuter
  • die überragenden definite includes-article nominative
  • des überragenden definite genitive includes-article
  • der überragenden definite feminine genitive
  • dem überragenden dative definite includes-article

Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce überragend?

  • /ˌyːbɐˈʁaːɡn̩t/
  • [ˌyːbɐˈʁaːɡn̩t]

Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

English words that translate to überragend

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is überragend in German?

überragend appears 2.5 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).