über die Schnur schlagen
[ˈyːbɐ diː ˈʃnuːɐ̯ ˈʃlaːɡn̩]
The verdict
“über die Schnur schlagen” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a phrase. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 24
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - übertreiben
Corpus desk
Index DE-uber-die-schnur-schlagen · über die Schnur schlagen · German
über die Schnur schlagen · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 24 letters
- VOW-7 7 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "Ü" 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 | über die Schnur schlagen |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Phrase |
| IPA | [ˈyːbɐ diː ˈʃnuːɐ̯ ˈʃlaːɡn̩] |
| Letters | 24 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „über die Schnur schlagen“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
über die Schnur schlagen is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as aphrase, transcribed [ˈyːbɐ diː ˈʃnuːɐ̯ ˈʃlaːɡn̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "übertreiben".
No generated misspelling entries exist for über die Schnur schlagen in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is über die Schnur schlagen, spelled Ü-B-E-R- -D-I-E- -S-C-H-N-U-R- -S-C-H-L-A-G-E-N.
Definition
- 1übertreiben
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how über die Schnur schlagen appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Wenn ich verständige Leute vor mir hatte, so schlug ich bei weitem nicht so weit über die Schnur.
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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.