den Bogen überspannen
[deːn ˈboːɡn̩ yːbɐˌʃpanən]
The verdict
“den Bogen überspannen” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a phrase. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 21
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - übertreiben, zu weit gehen
Corpus desk
Index DE-den-bogen-uberspannen · den Bogen überspannen · German
den Bogen überspannen · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 21 letters
- VOW-7 7 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "D" 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 | den Bogen überspannen |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Phrase |
| IPA | [deːn ˈboːɡn̩ yːbɐˌʃpanən] |
| Letters | 21 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „den Bogen überspannen“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
den Bogen überspannen is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as aphrase, transcribed [deːn ˈboːɡn̩ yːbɐˌʃpanən]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "übertreiben, zu weit gehen".
No generated misspelling entries exist for den Bogen überspannen in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is den Bogen überspannen, spelled D-E-N- -B-O-G-E-N- -Ü-B-E-R-S-P-A-N-N-E-N.
Definition
- 1übertreiben, zu weit gehen
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how den Bogen überspannen appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Könnte es sein, dass die Selbstheilungskräfte unseres Körpers nicht mehr nachkommen, weil wir durch unsere Lebensweise, durch das, was wir tun, und durch das, was wir missachten, den Bogen überspannen?
Mit dem Einmarsch der Truppen in das Grenzgebiet wurde der Bogen eindeutig überspannt.
Synonyms
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.