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obendrein

German, adverb[ˌoːbn̩ˈdʁaɪ̯n]

obendrein is spelled O-B-E-N-D-R-E-I-N (9 letters) and appears 4.3 times per million words in written German, the 13,799th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Obendrein is a German adverb meaning “besides, additionally, also” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “noch zusätzlich”.

What does obendrein mean in English?

adverb

  1. 1

    besides, additionally, also

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

How German dictionaries define it

adverb: 1. noch zusätzlich

The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.

Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.

How do you pronounce obendrein?

  • [ˌoːbn̩ˈdʁaɪ̯n]

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

English words that translate to obendrein

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

How common is obendrein in German?

obendrein appears 4.3 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).

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